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Jose Fernandez Was Framed in Investigation of Boat Crash, Says Lawyer

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An attorney for the estate of former Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez said the 24-year-old wasn't behind the wheel of the boat that crashed, killing Fernandez and two others.

The Miami Herald's Jordan McPherson reported Ralph Fernandez is contending the investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission "was fraught with false statements of fact, implicated practically unheard of destruction of evidence and included references to evidence that never existed."

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.