RedactedNarrative: ACCORDING TO  (OPERATOR), HE AND  (VICTIM) LAUNCHED THE BOAT AT CAROLINA LAKE BOAT RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 HOURS.  THEY HEADED TOWARD THE DAM OF CAROLINA LAKE AND STOPPED SHORT OF THE DAM AND BEGAN TO FISH.  THEY FISHED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AT THIS LOCATION.
  
  ACCORDING TO OPERATOR, THEY THEN DEPLOYED THE TROLLING MOTOR AND TROLLED THROUGH THE SKI CANAL, AROUND THE SKI LAKE, AND THEN BACK THROUGH THE SKI CANAL TO THE MAIN LAKE.  ONCE BACK IN THE MAIN LAKE, THEY TROLLED ALONG THE DAM AND SKIRTED THE BANK FOR A WHILE.
  
  OOPERATOR HAD REACHED THE BACK SIDE OF THE MAIN LAKE, HE PULLED UP THE TROLLING MOTOR, STARTED THE GAS MOTOR AND HEADED TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.  OPERATOR STATED THAT AS HE WAS DRIVING THE BOAT BACK TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP HE MADE A SERIES OF LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS AND DURING A SHARP RIGHT TURN HE REALIZED THAT victim WAS MISSING AT APPROXIMATELY 0000 HOURS (MIDNIGHT). OPERATOR FURTHER STATED, ONCE HE REALIZEDvictim WAS MISSING, HE POWERED DOWN AND CIRCLED AROUND SEARCHING AND CALLING OUT FOR victim.  HE USED A SPOTLIGHT TO SEARCH AND NOTICED A BALL CAP AND AN EXTRA SEAT THAT WAS IN THE BOAT ORIGINALLY FLOATING IN THE WATER.  HE RECOVERED BOTH ITEMS FROM THE WATER WHILE SEARCHING AND CALLING OUT FOR victim.  THE HAT BELONGED TO victim.  AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH, OPERATOR CALLED 911 AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH UNTIL EMERGENCY PERSONELL ARRIVED.OPERATOR STATED THAT BETWEEN 2030 HOURS AND MIDNIGHT HE CONSUMED 6 TO 7 COORS LIGHT BEERS.  THERE WERE 7 EMPTY COORS LIGHT BEER CANS LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE CONSOLE.  ALSO, THERE WAS A COOLER IN THE BOAT THAT CONTAINED 16 UNOPENED COORS LIGHT BEER CANS.  OPERATOR ALSO STATED THAT victim HAD DRUNK APPROXIMATELY 5 BUD LIGHT BEERS.  THERE WERE 5 EMPTY BUD LIGHT BEER CANS LOCATED IN THE FLOOR OF THE BOAT.
  
  THERE WERE PFDS ON BOARD, SERVICABLE AND READILY ACCESSIBLE, HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT UTILIZED.
NameOfBodyOfWater: CAROLINA LAKE
NearestCityTown: SANFORD                       