VESSEL WAS A 12 FOOT ALUMINUM TRACKER TOPPER OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  DISPATCH RECEIVED A REPORT OF TWO OVERDUE BOATERS WHO HAD LAUNCHED FROM THE MARINA.  A WATER AND AIR SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED THAT EVENING WITHOUT LOCATING ANY EVIDENCE OF MISSING BOATERS.  THE SEARCH WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING, UTILIZING LAND, AIR AND WATER UNITS.  THE VESSEL WAS LOCATED AT 0747 , AND THE FIRST VICTIM, THE OPERATOR, WAS FOUND DECEASED NEAR THE SHORE AT 0919.  THE SECOND VICTIM, THE PASSENGER, WAS FOUND DECEASED NEAR THE SHORE HOURS LATER AT 1628.  BOTH VICTIMS REMAINS WERE RETRIEVED AND TAKEN BY BOAT TO THE COVE WHERE THEY WERE TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY CORONER.  THE CORONER INVESTIGATED THE BODIES AND BOTH VICTIMS DEATHS WERE FRESH WATER DROWNING WITH HYPOTHERMIA AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.  THE VESSEL WAS RECOVERED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE COVE WHERE IT WAS PLACED ON ITS TRAILER.  THE BOAT AND TRAILER WERE LATER TURNED OVER TO THE OPERATORS WIFE.  THE VESSEL WAS MISSING THE GASOLINE OUTBOARD MOTOR AND TROLLING MOTOR.  ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO VESSEL $900.00.  EXACT TIME AND LOCATION OF ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN.  ACCIDENT DATE RECORDED IS DATE OF VICTIM RECOVERY AND LOCATION IS SITE OF VESSEL RECOVERY.
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