THE VICTIM, AND HIS FRIEND BORROWED A CANOE. THEY PUT IN STARR LAKE SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT. the subject ADVISED THAT THEY FISHED FOR A SHORT TIME THEN BEGAN TO PADDLE IN. THE CANOE THEN TURNED OVER. the subjcet ADVISED THAT THEY DECIDED TO SWIM ASHORE. subject MADE IT TO SHORE BUT DID NOT SEE operator. subject THEN RAN TO GET HELP. LAKE WALES FIRE AND RESCUE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE ALONG WITH POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE CANOE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH EAST SHORE. operator WAS RECOVERED AT THE BOTTOM OF LAKE IN APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET OF WATER. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER CONDUCTED AN AUTOPSY AND THE PRELIMINARY REPORT SHOWED THAT operator DROWNED.
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