Sheriff’s Office releases identity of man found dead in Weston pool with rope

The Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the man found dead in a Weston backyard pool Friday morning is Venezuelan-born singer/songwriter Gustavo “Gus” Ormo.

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Deputies were called out to the Quail Roost Drive home around 9 a.m. after receiving a call of a possible drowning. They found the body in the pool, according to emergency dispatch audio, and tied to a long rope. News helicopter footage showed the rope strewn on the deck and leading to the pool.

The sheriff’s office said Monday that the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting an autopsy to determine Ormo’s cause of death, adding its investigation remains “open and active.”

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The Miami Herald has reached out to Ormo’s family. Family members gathered at his home Friday declined to speak with a Herald reporter.

Ormo, 45, was a piano player and singer. He promoted his new album, AGAPE, earlier this month.

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