The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 20-year-old man apparently drowned near the Marler Bridge on July 4th. Pethiley Maximo – who could not swim – was last seen by his friends about 8 p.m. Wednesday wading in waist-high water when he disappeared. A Sheriff’s Office dive team found his body in the water off the west side of the bridge Thursday morning, not far from where he was last seen. Authorities say Maximo, who was from Brazil, had been attending a Fourth of July beach party with his friends.
