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<span style="color:#006400">'''DiIorio, Joe'''</span> (c. 1941-1992), 51, was found dead aboard his sailboat when it ran aground at Howland's Landing, Santa Catalina Island on February 2, 1991.



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'''February 6, 1992 [ Avalion Bay News]:''' “Dead body found. Kevin Marble. L.A. County Lifeguard/Paramedic and his partner, Richard Bates answered a boat aground call and found a 30-foot sailboat aground near Howland's Landing with its inboard motor running. They checked further and found the victim (John Doe) a white male, dead. Homicide Detectives arrived by helicopter  to conduct an investigation and the body was transferred to the morgue at Avalon Municipal Hospital. The Coroner was advised. No personal belongings of the victim's were found.”


'''February 6, 1992 [ San Bernardino County Sun]:''' “DiIorio, major West Valley developer, dies. Developer Joe DiIorio, 51, a leading architect of the growth boom in the West Valley, was found dead on a boat near Catalina Island last weekend. DiIorio's body was discovered inside a small sailboat that ran aground  Saturday morning in Howlands Cove on Catalina Island. An Autopsy was inconclusive and lab tests are being done to determine whether drugs contributed to his death, said Bob Dambaucher, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Dambaucher said Wednesday that investigators haven't revealed what caused them to suspect drugs may be involved...”