Overview
- Todd Meadows’ death certificate obtained Monday lists “drowning with probable hypothermia” and rules the death an accident.
- The U.S. Coast Guard says he fell from the Aleutian Lady about 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor and was recovered unresponsive roughly 10 minutes later.
- Legal filings reported Monday show his relatives moving to open probate as they prepare a wrongful-death lawsuit.
- His mother has asked Discovery not to air any footage of the accident, and reports indicate cameras were recording for Season 22.
- The Coast Guard says its investigation into the February 25 overboard incident remains open.