On Wednesday 5/30/12 a boater found victims boat floating with trolling motor in the water and a dog on board with no one else on board and notified Tusc. Co S.O. Tuscaloosa S.O. located the boat and tied it up and searched the bank. A search was resumed at 7:30 a.m. Thursday 5/31/12 the body was located by corp of engineer ranger at approximately 10:00 a.m. I was notified and responded to the scene where the victim was turned over to the medical examiner and the boat was secured to the truck and trailer. Interview with the brother on the scene determined the victim had just recovered from open heart surgery and was in bad health. The victim was found with a fishing lure stuck in his hand, and was believed to had been trying to retrieve the lure when he fell overboard and drowned.
Brookwood                     