The incident began on 09/23/10 at approx. 10:30pm when the victim motored north from the Woodstock Landing to jug fish on the Old Mississippi River.  The next morning 09/24/10 at approx. 04:30am he was not back from fishing and his camping party began a search for the victim and found his capsized boat south of Ashbrook Landing.  This discovery led to an intense search and recovery effort which included the use of a cadaver dog.  On 09/25/10 at approx. 2:30pm the victim's body was recovered less than 100 yards from the overturned boat.

Upon inspection of V1 no visible damage was found.  The 25hp Yamaha motor was in forward gear with the tillar handle at idle speed, the cut-off switch was also attached to the motor.

USCG requested clarification on the cause of the accident.  The State responded, "Not a clue, no witnesses, no damage, nothing. Obviously he somehow fell out of the boat, whether he struck something, tripped in the boat, reached to grab something in the water and fell overboard, etc. we'll never know."
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