On 06/04/2012 at approx 9:30 pm State Game Warden was contacted by the Jasper County Sheriffs Office about an overdue boater.  Warden responded to the Twin Dykes Boat Ramp located off of hwy 255 in the North end of Jasper County.  Warden was greeted by several family members and friends of Operator.  Warden did load a nephew in his state boat and began to search for Operator.  Warden soon found a silver and blue boat marked TX 1050 EE parked on a small island just out from Twin Dykes Boat Ramp.  The boat did not appear to have been in any sort of accident.  Warden searched the small island along with several other people.  Warden did notice that the linkage seemed to be altered on the boat.  The linkage was probably a factor in the death of Operator.  However no one seen anything and there was no witnesses around.  Warden along with aprx. 40 other boats searched the lake until daylight for Operator.  Once daylight came several other agencies arrived and began to search.  Every tool known to man kind was used to try and locate Operator.  Finally after several days/man hours on 06/08/2012  Operator floated to the surface aprx 400 yards from his parked boat.  Operator was placed into a Us Army Corp of Engineer boat by Wardens.  Once Operator was recovered his body was taken to the Sam Rayburn Marina.  Operator was looked at and pronounced dead by local Justice of the Peace.  There was no apparent wounds on Operator although his body was severely altered due to the warm deep water of Sam Rayburn Lake.  The body was then loaded and brought to the funeral home.  There was no autopsy ordered for Operator.  The death was ruled as an accidental drowning.  It is to be noted that Operators Pfd was located straped onto the front seat of the boat.   END OF REPORT
Brookeland                    