Date	22-Oct-03	30-Oct-04	20-Jan-06	18-Apr-07	30-Jan-08
Who to?	Queensland Police	Campbell	Lt Brad Flynn	Queensland Police	Coroners Inquest
Where?	Townsville Police Station		Boston, Massachusetts	Providence Police Station	Townsville Coroners Court
How?	Written Statement	Email	Video and transcript of interview	Written Statement but not signed	Interrogation via videolink
What depth when he first saw something?	5 metres	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	5 metres	5 metres also confirms he was still at 5 m when diver 1 sank away
Group of divers seen?	Yes	NOT MENTIONED	Yes	Yes	Yes
What were they doing?	"a bunch of divers coming up toward the surface"	NOT MENTIONED	"at the time I didn't know whether they were descending or ascending"	NOT MENTIONED	"the front two divers, I thought they were ascending" - note that this was "Not diver 1 and diver 2"
Which direction were they?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"Down and to my left"	"down and to my left"	"down to my left"
Could he see wreck?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	At first he says "I don't remember when I was looking at them - seeing the wreck" but then says "I remember the wreck being - above and to the right now"	"While divers 1 and 2 were in my field of vision I could not see any part of the wreck"	"I couldn't see the wreck" and "I could only see the wreck when I went down to find Roger (Robert)"
How far from divers to wreck?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"a lot farther than the divers and the surface"	NOT MENTIONED	"so I don't know where they were in relation to the wreck"
How many in group?	NOT MENTIONED	4 - 5	4 or 5	4 or 5	4 or 5
How close were diver 1 and 2 to him?	20 feet (6 m)	20 feet (6 m)	20 feet (6 m)	NOT MENTIONED	20 feet (6 m)
How close to each other?	NOT MENTIONED	"at least 5-10 feet between people" (2-3 m)	Spread out over 5-10 feet apart (2-3 m)	Spread out over 5-10 feet apart (2-3 m)	"roughly 10 feet apart"
How deep were diver 1 and 2?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"roughly 35 feet maybe - or less" but then says "so maybe 50 feet but probably less than that"	NOT MENTIONED	"I guess she was between 35/40 feet (11-12 m), maybe 50 feet (15 m)"
When 1 and 2 together, how far was next closest diver?	10 feet (3 m)	10 feet (3 m)	Do not recall but they were in the middle of the group	10 feet (3 m)	10 feet?
Were 1 and 2 above this group?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	In the group	NOT MENTIONED	Did not know, could have been above or below or level
Was the group conscious of 1 and 2?	NOT MENTIONED	Yes, possible not aware	Yes, possible not aware	Yes, possible not aware	Not aware of what was happening
Size of divers 1 and 2?	NOT MENTIONED	"Can you comment on the heights and build of those divers in relation to each other?" Stutz answered "No I can not"	Diver 2 was bigger than diver 1, male	Diver 2 was bigger than diver 1, male	"He was a bit bigger than her and broader than her"
What orientation was diver 1?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Diver 1 was on her back "Yep"	"facing towards the surface" and "eyes were wide open"	"looking up at me"
Diver 2 cradling 1?	Behind the divers back "but it happened so fast I am not sure"	NOT MENTIONED	"put his arms around her" "his hands were around her back"	"arms of diver 2 were circling the torso of diver 1"	"had his hands around her" and "under the arm-pits"
Were they moving?	Stationary	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Stationary
How did they come together?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"He came - to her - ah - and came sort of on top of her"	"he was about 10 feet away from diver 1"	"another diver come into the picture" about 5 or 10 seconds later
Was diver 1 Tina?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Yes	Yes	Yes
Making eye contact	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"We did eye contact"	"I could see her face quite clearly"	"I could see her face"
How long together?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Together 30 seconds	"30 seconds at the maximum" and "maybe as little as 10 seconds"	"I wouldn't say more than 30 seconds, possibly less"
How did they part?	"I then saw them both split apart. I saw diver 2 got to the surface really quickly. I saw diver 1 begin to sink toward the sea bed"	NOT MENTIONED	"Ah - when the[y] split apart - they were no other divers that came into the picture ..."	"when the two divers separated"	"Something happened - maybe she'd pulled her (sic) regulator out of his mouth, or kneed him in the groin"
Diver 2 ascending	"Diver 2 go to the surface really quickly"	NOT MENTIONED	Diver 2 "he went to the surface - relatively quickly"	"diver 2's ascended" but "did not pass me at any time"	"he went towards the surface" and later agreed that he went really quickly
Diver 1 sinking	"diver 1 begin to sink"	NOT MENTIONED	Diver 1 "sunk to the bottom"	"essentially disappeared into the blackness"	"she was sinking and she sunk in the blackness"
Losing eye contact	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Lost eye contact	NOT MENTIONED	"I lost eye contact"
Was diver 2 behind diver 1?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"He was facing her", "Never" behind her	"At no stage did I observe diver 2 behind diver 1"	Agreed did not see diver 2 behind diver 1
Fear	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Look of fear in her face	NOT MENTIONED	"she really looked scared"
Arms and leg movement	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Arms and legs flailing "she wasn't like thrashing"	"disorganised" and "moving flapping slowly up and down"	"flaying basically, and she was moving her arms, not unpurposely, and her legs similarly" later says "thrashing her arms and legs"
Were bubbles coming from diver 1?	NOT MENTIONED	Does not recall bubbles from her	Does not recall bubbles from her	Does not recall bubbles from her	"I don't recall"
Was diver 1 still moving when sinking?	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Still moving when sinking, arms side to side near head	Still moving but weaker	"she couldn't swim"
How did diver 3 appear?	Saw another diver come back down, not diver 2	NO MENTION but does say between 30 seconds and 3 minutes when diver 3 broke surface (after appearing?)	Diver 3 came "less than a minute - probably more like 30 seconds" "dove straight to the bottom"	No mention?	"I saw another diver come dive in the water and go basically straight down to get her" and "I saw another diver come in from above, and make a beeline straight to the bottom" and "I was impressed by how fast he went down, honestly" and "I was stunned actually" and "He did after that period of time [enter the water - that is he was not in the water till this time]"
Where was he when he saw diver 3 descending?	Descended a few metres	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"After diver 1 disappeared from view I accelerated my descent past the other divers"	Implies still at 5 metres
Where was he when diver 3 and 1 ascended?	Past 10 to 15 metres they had started to come up	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	Does not say depth, but now implies that he went to instructor to tell about diver 1 and 2	"So I started skipping divers in my group to get down to where Roger (actually Robert) was" at 10-15 metres
How were they ascending?	Really quickly	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED
How was diver 3 holding diver 1	"It looked as though he had her in a bear hug"	NOT MENTIONED	NOT MENTIONED	"holding diver 1's regulator in her mouth"	"he was behind her and had her in an embrace"
How did diver 1 look?	"Diver 1 did not appear to be moving or responding"	Could see her face as passed by	NOT MENTIONED	"lifeless" and "vomit coming from her mouth"	"She wasn't moving. She had blood coming out of her mouth - she looked dead to me" and "she had vomit coming from he mouth"
How far from him did diver 1 and 3 pass?	NOT MENTIONED	10-15 feet (3-5 m)	15-20 feet	NOT MENTIONED	Close enough to see her eyes and then "10, 15 feet"

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