Oklahoma authorities announced that Candace Muzny, a former Nascar driver, has died at her home on Monday in what they initially called “a suspicious death.”
The 43-year-old’s death had later been determined as an accidental drowning, according to the medical examiner’s office. Investigators said that there were no obvious signs of violence at the scene.
Muzny had been arrested on Jan. 12 after she attacked a Vietnamese manicurist who was talking in her native language to co-workers. She allegedly threatened her with a knife and assaulted an officer.
In response to the incident, Muzny said: “I asked her three times to stop speaking Vietnamese to me. She needs to get back to Vietnam. If she wants to live in America and serve Americans, she needs to speak the language they speak.”