What happened?

Alyx Byrns, age 17, was found dead, floating in a rubber raft, in her family's swimming pool.

Because she was a well-known practical joker, the household staff initially thought it was just another one of Alyx's pranks.

Help investigate the case

Case documents are presented in reverse chronological order in the Case Files section.

There are four types of case documents: Evidence, Interviews, Biographies, and Press. Click the relevant tag at the top of the Case Files page to filter by document type.

If this is your first look at the investigation, you may want to start with one of these case documents:

• Incident report about the discovery of the body
• Evidence collected at the scene
• Biography of Alyx Byrns
• Interview with Rachel Moody, who called 911
• Interview with David Gregory, who found the body