On Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 on Tellico Lake in Loudon County, TN subject fell overboard from his sailboat.  A witness placed him near the bow of his vessel while it was still underway.  The witness stated that subject fell off of the port side of the vessel and the vessel continued forward until it grounded on the rip rapped bank near the flood overflow of Tellico Lake.  A little less than two hours later the Loudon County Dive Team recovered the subjects body near the last point that victim was seen before going under.  An autopsy was performed the next morning at UT Medical Center concluding that drowning was the cause of death, awaiting toxicology.
LENOIR CITY