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SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's top police official resigned Saturday as the U.S. Caribbeanjustbeats headphones territory battles a crime wave with killings on pace to set a record this year. Police Superintendent Jose Figueroa Sancha, a 25-year FBI veteran who took over the police department in January 2009, said he stepped down because of health reasons but acknowledged criticism over spiraling crime. "Regardless of the criticism that may come from politically motivated sectors, the development and future of the people of Puerto Rico will be closely related to the work being done by our police," he said in statement. Figueroa Sancha's resignation comes as Puerto Rico saw its deadliest month on record in June with 101 killings compared to 84 in June 1994, the second most violent on record, according to police statistics. Twenty-nine people were killed in one weekend alone. Last year, 955 killings were reported, just short of the island's record of 995 in 1994. So far this year, 568 killings have been recorded. Much of the island's violent crime is tied to the illegal drug trade. Law enforcement authorities say Puerto Rico is a favored trafficking route because of its status as a U.S. commonwealth. Once drugs reach the island, they can be smuggled to the U.S. mainland aboard airplanes or ships withoutbeats studio having to pass through a U.S. customs checkpoint. Authorities say they are bracing for an increase in trafficking through the Caribbean after a crackdown on drug routes through Mexico. Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno named retired Colonel Jose Luis Rivera as interim police superintendent. FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy told two lifeguards that a woman had not resurfaced after entering the murky waters of a public swimming pool and appearing to struggle, his mother said. The body of 36-year-old Marie Joseph was found in the Veterans Memorial Pool two days later, on Tuesday night. Officials have been investigating how she could have been in the pool for so long without being noticed. The boy's mother told the Boston Herald for its Sunday edition that the woman had bumped into her son on a pool slide before she disappeared underwater. "He did tell two lifeguards — one said she was on break, and had to leave and the other told him they were going to do a pool check," the woman told the newspaper. "But he told me they never did." The Associated Press, which does not report the names of children who may be witnesses to a crime, is not identifying the woman to protect the privacy of her son. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation is investigating issues related to Joseph's death, including the clarity of the pool water and whether quality protocols were followed. No one has been charged in the drowning. His mother said her son is undergoing counseling. The Fall River pool is 12 feet deep and employs 12 staffers, six of whom are lifeguards and are certified by the Red Cross. All six were on duty last Sunday, the Herald reported. "Those lifeguards need to be fired," the boy's mother told the Herald. "He's stressed out. He keeps crying, and he thinks he could have saved this lady." The medical examiner's monster beats solo hdoffice has labeled the death an accidental drowning. Commissioner Edward M. Lambert Jr. with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation said they monster beats solodon't know whether any of the lifeguards looked for Lambert. "We hope to learn that from the investigation," Lambert said. "We are as anxious as anybody to get answers to this." An initial investigation showed the water in the pool was murky from the time the pool opened for the season last Saturday. Visibility tests conducted Wednesday revealed a diver couldn't be seen at a depth of 3 1/2 to 4 feet below the beats solo headphonessurface of the water. Joseph was a hotel housekeeper in Newport, R.I. She was from Haiti and had five children. Her body was discovered after it floated to the surface shortly before some youngsters sneaked into the pool for a clandestine swim Tuesday night.