USA: Tafari Campbell, the former US president's sous chef, was identified as the body found in the water outside of his estate on Monday by Massachusetts police. According to reports, the African American man, 43, drowned while paddleboarding.

In a statement made public on Monday night, Barack and Michelle Obama said, "Tafari was a beloved part of our family." After they left in 2017, they met the sous chef at the White House and requested that he continue working for them. Since then, he has been a part of our lives, and his passing has left us heartbroken.

An adult male had vanished underwater on the south side of the island's Edgartown Great Pond around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, according to a 911 call from the Obama estate. The man was described as African-American and was dressed entirely in black, but he was not wearing a life jacket. The call was reported to the police as "possible drowning."

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In the end, the Massachusetts State Police, the US Coast Guard, Edgartown Fire, and Dukes County Sheriff's Department all participated in the search. Firefighters searched Turkeyland Cove's coastline as police knocked on doors. On Sunday, however, only a paddle board and a hat were found.

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The body was finally discovered using a side-scan sonar mounted on a Massachusetts Environmental Police boat when the search was restarted on Monday morning. Near the Obama estate on Turkeyland Cove, the remains were discovered by police about 30 metres (98 feet) from the shore, at a depth of about 2.5 metres.

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Another paddle boarder who was on the pond at the time and saw the man submerge, according to the police, witnessed the incident. His identity is still a mystery.

The nearby Chappaquiddick Island and Martha's Vineyard are popular summer vacation spots for affluent Americans and famous people. 2019 saw Obama pay nearly $12 million for the seven-bedroom, 640 square metre waterfront mansion overlooking Turkeyland Cove