At approximately 1920 hrs, on 7/31/09, NRO  was flagged down by Owner 1, owner/operator of Lake Perry Yacht and Marina Club, while in the parking lot of said marina.  Owner 1 informed him that a boat had just sunk in the marina.  At approximately 1925 hrs, NRO spoke with the responsible party, identified as Operator 1, age 26, of Kansas City, KS.  Operator 1 informed NRO  that he had borrowed the boat from an acquaintance, identified as Owner 2, of Kansas City, KS.  The timeline of events Operator 1 relayed to NRO  are as follows:  At approximately 1330 hrs, Operator 1 arrived and launched Owner 2's vessel from the ramp located due north of the Lake Perry Yacht and Marina Club; he was reportedly by himself at said time.  Shortly thereafter, he powered said vessel over to the dock, mooring it near slip C43 and then went inside the marina to pay the daily use fee.  After paying for the slip, he left the marina and drove to an unknown location in Topeka, for an unknown reason.  At an unknown time, Operator 1's father called him, informing him that it appeared that Owner 2's vessel was taking on water.  Operator 1's father was reportedly in another vessel at Lake Perry when he called.  At approximately 1700 hrs, Operator 1 returned to the marina.  Two acquaintances; a white female, approximately 30 years of age, and a white male, approximately 30 years of age, were with Operator 1 when he returned to the marina.  Shortly after arriving at the marina, Operator 1 went to check on the vessel.  After checking it, he observed that it had taken on a large amount of water and was sinking.  Attempts to run the bilge pump reportedly failed.  Marina staff was also alerted and ran portable pumps, but were unable to keep the vessel afloat.  On 8/5/09, approximately 1625 hrs, NRO inspected Owner 2's vessel.  At said time it was parked in a lot at Lake Perry Yacht and Marina Club.  It had been reportedly salvaged on or about 8/1/09 and taken to said location for repairs.  Two holes were reportedly located by marina staff on the starboard side, aft area.  Blue tape was covering said holes when NRO  inspected the vessel (see photo log).  Owner 1 aided NRO  while he inspected the vessel and informed him that marina staff had also inspected said vessel and determined the source of flooding to have come from the two holes where it appeared that a U-bolt had been removed.  Owner 1 also showed NRO  a U-bolt that had been reportedly discovered in the passenger's side glove box (see photo log).  The U-bolt on the port side was attached when NRO  inspected the vessel (see photo log).
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