VICTIM WAS OPERATOR DRIVING A PONTOON BOAT WITH THREE FAMILY MEMBERS ABOARD, FROM MAIN LAKE TO SPRING LAKE OF THE LEGEND LAKE CHAIN. AFTER ARRIVING AT TOMOW'S BAY ON LEGEND LAKE, OPERATOR STOPPED THE MOTOR. BOAT WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY. THE OPERATOR, HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND HIS NIECE WENT SWIMMING--DIVING FROM THE FRONT OF THE PONTOON BOAT. BROTHER IN-LAW, AND NIECE SWAM BACK TO THE SWIM PLATFORM AT THE BACK OF PONTOON BOAT. BOAT OPERATOR'S SON HAD REMAINED ABOARD. WHEN THE TWO SWIMMERS RETURNED TO DECK OF THE PONTOON, THEY NOTICED OPERATOR-VICTIM WAS NOT SEEN ON BOAT OR IN THE WATER. BROTHER-IN LAW MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE VICTIM WHILE HIS DAUGHTER CALLED 911. TWO DIVE TEAMS & OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED & CONDUCTED SEARCH EFFORTS UNTIL DUSK. VICTIM'S BODY WAS FOUND EARLY THE NEXT MORNING FLOATING ON SURFACE OF THE LAKE. CORONER PRONOUNCED DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
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