[Listen.......... He doesn't want anyone to die, but the fun beachy activities aren't going to sustain him.]

Of course it would be in such a state. Certainly not for the faint of heart.

[Welcome to Lobelia's twisted mind, etc. But Temenos plays along, bringing a hand to his chin to think it over.]

I would argue that such a cause of death could be an identifying factor on its own. Crushing is no simple injury to inflict upon someone, so how the body came to be crushed would be the first clue I would seek out.