reporter: from what we understand, rodney king s fiancee called police shortly after 5:00 this morning. she heard a splash in the pool. before that they had been talking. she called the paramedics. police arrived and took rodney king out of the pool and did everything they could to revive rodney king. cpr failed. they took him to a local hospital. all their efforts did not pan out. rodney king was not revived. we do know rodney king was an avid swimmer. it was part of his physical therapy. we talked to him at cnn recently and he explained how he went into the pool and kind of used the pool as a sanctuary. they didn t find anything around the pool. right now, the preliminary investigation is indicating it appears mr. king died of a drowning. however, the police department, the detective bureau is investigating the incident. there were no obvious signs of trauma. police also said there were no signs whatsoever, at least at this point, of any foul play. rodney king recentl