ON 5/7/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 03:13 HOURS, SUMNER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY WAS DISPATCHED TO THE BOAT RAMPS OF OLD HICKORU LAKE IN THE CASTALIAN SPRINGS AREA TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATE two people. A FRIEND OF THEIRS HAD CALLED THE TROUSDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND STATED THAT subject HAD TOLD HIM BY PHONE THAT HE AND HIS FATHER WERE STRANDED IN A BOAT ON THE LAKE IN THE CASTALIAN SPRINGS AREA AND HAD INJURED HIS LEG. WILDLIFE OFFICER WAS CONTACTED. DEPUTY MET HE AND subject1 WIFE AT THE OLD UNION BOAT RAMP. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD DROPPED THE BOAT, subjects OFF AT BULL CREEK BOAT RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 17:00 HOURS ON 5/6/2009.

AT APPROXIMATELY 04:20 HOURS ON 5/7/2009, SUMNER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY MADE CONTACT WITH  subjects AT BULL CREEK BOAT RAMP. THEY WERE IN POSSESSION OF SEVERAL COOLERS, FISHING RODS AND TACKLE BOXES. SUBJECT2 STATED THAT THE INJURY TO HIS LEG WAS CAUSED BY A CATFISH HE HAD CAUGHT. SUBJECT2 TOLD OFFICER AND SEVERAL OTHER OFFICERS THAT HE HAD OBSERVED A BOAT ANCHORED IN THE WATER OUTPUT OF THE GALLATIN STEAM PLANT. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS A FISHING POLE WITH ITS LINE IN THE WATER BUT NO ONE WAS AROUND THE BOAT.

AT APPROXIMATELY 05:55 HOURS ON 5/7/09, DEPUTY ARRIVED AT THE GALLATIN STEAM PLANT AND LCOATED VICTIM' BOAT. THE BOAT WAS ANCHORED APPROXIMATELY 30-35 FEET FROM THE SHORE, DIRECTLY OUT FROM THE TWRA MUSSEL HATCHERY. DEPUTY BOARDED THE BOAT AND STATED THAT IT HAD APPEARED SOMEONE HAD TAKEN ITEMS FROM THE BOAT. DEPUTY OBSERVED THE STERN LIGHT HAD BEEN BENT AND BROKEN. HE ALSO OBSERVED A RED JACKET, BLUE HAT AND BROWN PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE ABOARD THE BOAT. DEPUTY STARTED THE BOAT MOTOR WITH NO PROBLEMS. WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES LOCATED VICTIM' TRUCK AND BOAT TRAILER PARKED AT COLES FERRY BOAT RAMP IN WILSON COUNTY.

ON 5/7/09 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:02 HOURS, WILDLIFE OFFICER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL RECOVERED VICTIM' BODY. HE WAS RECOVERED AT THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AND THE MOUTH OF STATION CAMP CREEK (N 36.19.427 W 86.28.366). aN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED ON VICTIM ON 5/10/2009. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS RULED A DROWNING. THERE WAS NO PHSYICAL TRAUMA TO VICTIM' BODY.

THE SUMNER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF VICTIM.  subjects HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THEFT. THEY STOLE SEVERAL OF VICTIM' BELONGINGS FROM HIS BOAT. A TEXT SENT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS FROM ONE OF THE subject’s PHONES INDICATED THAT THEY HAD LOCATED AN EMPTY BOAT AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STEAL IT. THE CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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