ON 8/8/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:29 HOURS, BODY WAS RECOVERED FROM THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IN CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE. ON 8/6/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30 HOURS HIS BOAT WAS REPORTED TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY 911 CENTER AS BEING EMPTY AND ANCHORED AT THE MOUTH OF THE RED RIVER IN CLARKSVILLE. TWRA WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 19:00 HOURS. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT VICTIM FELL OVERBOARD WHILE TRYING TO CATCH BAIT FISH WITH A THROW NET. THE THROW NET WAS HOLDING THE BOAT IN PLACE, NOT AN ANCHOR. MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES ALONG WITH SEVERAL CANINE UNITS SEARCHED THE AREA. VICTIM'S BODY WAS FOUND BY TWAR OFFICERS 2102, 2103 AND 2128 ON 8/8/2009 APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE THE EMPTY BOAT WAS FOUND. HIS BODY WAS TAKEN TO NASHVILLE WHERE AN AUTOPSY WAS ORDERED AND WAS PERFORMED BY THE CORONER AND WITNESSED BY. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DROWNING. VICTIM DID HAVE A LIFE JACKET IN HIS BOAT BUT DID NOT HAVE IT ON.
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