RedactedNarrative: State police reported troopers were called to the northern Oswego County town of Sandy Creek around 7:30pm following the report of a missing kayaker.  The local volunteer fire department launched its rescue boat and spotted people on shore who had located an empty kayak along the lakeshore 40 miles north of Syracuse.  Soon afterward, firefighters found a man floating in the water nearby.  He was taken by ambulance to Oswego Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.  The medical examiner's report indicates that the victim suffered a heart attack prior to drowning.  The victim was morbidly obese and had a history of heart trouble.
NameOfBodyOfWater: Sandy Pond
NearestCityTown: Sandy Creek                   