| Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degrazia, Kenneth | 23 | Male | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Williams, Michael | 24 | Male | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Grauer, Robert | 18 | Male | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Three New Jersey divers, Kenneth R. DeGrazia (23), Michael R. Williams (24), and Robert Lewis Grauer (18) scuba dived into Little River Springs sometime Sunday. All three drowned. Grauer's body was accidently discovered at a depth of 60 feet and about 15 feet from the mouth of the cave. He had a knife wound an inch wide and 2 inches deep in the stomach. The other two victims were about 10 feet apart but 45 feet deeper into the cave.
Williams was a diving instructor and was the most experienced of the trio; Grauer the least. All three were experienced in open water diving, but it is believed that they had little or no cave diving experience. The National Association for Cave Diving had placed a sign near the spring warning of its dangers for novice divers. The New Jersey group ignored the advice. They did not use safety lines, wore only single tanks, and used inadequate, commercial lights.
Several possible explanations for Grauer's knife wound were given. His mother stated it was just a scratch and probably happened at the funeral home. The Suwanee County sheriff thought there had been a struggle for survival after one person ran out of air and tried to take the air from one of his companions. The deputy sheriff thought Grauer, being the least experienced, had panicked and the other diver had tried to prod him along with the knife. A scuba shop owner speculated that Grauer tried to escape from the diver with the knife. Any one of these explanations could have happened; no one will ever know what really happened to the divers. It is clear that all three underestimated the hazards of cave diving. These were the 14th, 15th. and 16th drownings in this cave since 1960.