In the early morning, the victim and a passenger went fishing. They fished a few hours and it began to rain. The passenger did not have any rain gear so they rowed to shore and the passenger got out. The victim (who had rain gear) went back out on the lake, anchored and began to fish. The passenger went to get coffee at a nearby store then came back to the lake and parked and slept in his car for a while. When he woke up and wanted to leave he tried to find his friend on the lake. He drove around and saw the rowboat in the middle of the lake, empty. At some point, the victim fell out of the boat and drowned. The victim was recovered in about 16ft of water about 35 ft from the vessel. The vessel was anchored and had some water in it. Investigators were unable to determine if this was just from rain or if some water entered when the victim fell overboard.
Marlborough                   