by Jen Smith, Daily Mail:
Tafari drowned on Sunday while paddle boarding with another person
The call came in to Edgartown Police Department at 7.46pm but in logs, the reason is blank
Martha’s Vineyard police left the reason for the 911 call reporting Obama private chef Tafari Campbell’s drowning blank in official logs from the night of the accident, DailyMail.com can reveal.
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Tafari, 45, fell into the water on Sunday night while paddle boarding on Great Edgartown Pond. He was not on the water alone, but police refuse to name the person he was with.
At 7.46pm, a 911 call was made to report that he had fallen in and could not make it back to the surface.
That call is noted in Edgartown Police Department’s logs, but the reason behind it is left noticeably blank. The reason for every other call for that night is given.
The origin of the call is also listed as Wilson’s Landing – a paddle board launch site, some two miles from the Obamas’ house on Turkeyland Cove, where Massachusetts State Police say the first call came from.
The Edgartown Police Department logs from July 23rd, the night of the drowning, show a call at 7.46pm – the time the call was made to report Campbell’s accident – but the reason was left blank. It was also described as coming from Wilson’s Landing, which is 2 miles from the Obama residence
There was a swarm of activity in the vicinity of the Obama residence on the night of the accident. A neighbor recovered his paddle board some time after 7.46pm but his body wasn’t retrieved by police until the following day. At 11.40pm that night, a neighbor in a nearby residence suffered a medical emergency
Edgartown police chief Bruce McNamee told DailyMail.com that the call log is generated by the Dukes County Sheriff’s Office.
He could only speculate on why the reason for the call is left blank, saying it may be because the caller from Obama’s property didn’t dial 911, which automatically generates location data, and instead made a direct call to a business line.
He also said the address was listed as Wilson’s Landing because that was the public launch used as the command post.
At the time the call came in, authorities didn’t know where the drowning occurred so used the staging site for the incident location, he chief said.
The property boasts a private beach from which a paddle board can be easily launched. At the time of the drowning, Barack and Michelle were out of the house.
It’s unclear if Sasha and Malia – who were also in town – were at home, or out with friends or their parents.
At 11.40pm, another 911 call was made from a neighbors’ house to report an elderly woman falling down the stairs.
Chief McNamee said it was entirely unrelated to the accident on the water.
The Obamas’ office did not respond to requests to clarify who was in the house when Campbell’s accident occurred.
Dispatch calls between the emergency services on Martha’s Vineyard confirm there was a second paddle boarder on the water with him.
They also confirm that the original 911 call to report what had happened came from a female who, by 8.18pm, was out on the water on a boat going ‘back and forth’ – presumably looking for him.
‘We met with the reporting party, she is on a boat with two individuals and they’re going back and forth as well,’ said one of the rescuers at 8.23pm.
Tafari Campbell died in an as yet unexplained accident on the pond behind the Obamas’ home. He had gone out paddle boarding on the calm water last night, and was seen falling off the board
That person also remains unidentified. It’s unclear if they were the person Campbell was paddle boarding with.
Campbell’s body was recovered on Monday at 10am – more than 12 hours after he fell into the water.
He was found 100ft from shore in around 8ft of water.
Since then, Massachusetts State Police have concluded that his death is not suspicious.
