BETHESDA, MD — Authorities released new details Monday in the case of a Bethesda teen who reportedly died from alcohol poisoning after walking home from a party. The homeowners who allegedly hosted the underage drinking party where the 17-year-old drank will not be charged in the incident, police said.

Navid Nicholas Sepehri, 17, of Radnor Road, was found dead in a stream in a ravine near Bannockburn Swim Club on Laverock Lane Sunday, December 10, police said. Police said he died from acute alcohol intoxication complicated by drowning and hypothermia. Sepehri was reported as a missing person that Sunday afternoon, after he didn't return home from a party that Saturday night. The party was at a home on Elgin Lane.

Police said Monday that there is no indication that the homeowners furnished alcohol to the underage attendees. The homeowners told police that when they realized teens brought alcohol in their home, they told the party goers that no alcohol was allowed and contact some of the attendees' parents. There will be no charges placed against the homeowners as there were no violations of the law observed by officers, police said.



Officers arrived to the home at about 10:30 p.m. and saw a group of about six juvenile males standing in the roadway. Some of the party-goers ran away as the officers approached them. Police talked to the boys who stayed, and one of them was later identified as Sepehri, police said. One of the males told police they were at a party when the parents realized that "uninvited guests had brought alcohol to the party," police said. The parents asked everyone to phone their parents for a ride home.

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The Department is "examining the actions" of the officers who encountered Sepehri that night, police said. The Department is also in communication with Sepehri's family and their counsel to make arrangements for them to view the body-worn camera footage that captured officers speaking with Sepehri on Elgin Lane. Police said Sepehri's father, Frank, went into the police station at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, looking for his son. Officers filed a missing person report for Sepehri Sunday afternoon. A police search was initiated, aided by cell phone information for Sepehri's phone provided by his family, police said.