The Victim took Vessel 1 out onto Lake Erie, leaving a note for his parents that he was doing so and taking the family dog with him.  The Victim took a PFD for the dog, but none for himself.  Approximately one half hour later, the Victim was last seen on Vessel 1 slightly offshore.  Approximately 2 hours after the Victim was last seen, the dog returned to the Victim's residence, still wearing its PFD.  The father of the Victim was not surprised that the dog returned without the Victim as the Victim had a pattern of stopping off to attend parties in the area after boating.  The mother of the Victim reported that the last time the Victim had taken Vessel 1 out with the dog they had capsized.  Approximately two hours after the dog returned home, a local resident found a kayak, paddle, and one sandal washed up along the shoreline.  Vessel 1 was also found  floating close to shore and pulled it up onto the beach (it was found right side up).

The following day the Victim's mother (who did not know the dog had retrned home alone until the next day) went looking for Vessel 1 and met the local residents who had found Vessel 1 and the associated items.  Later that day the Victim's mother contacted the police department to report the Victim missing.  She reported that she waited on making the report to make sure he had just not come home as she didn't want to trouble anyone for no reason.

The Victim was found along the shoreline on August 29, 2011 by a local resident.  The medical examiner reported his cause of death as drowning, accidental, and his BAC was found to be 0.292 with a positive test for amphetamine.  It is unknown how the Victim entered the water as there were no witnesses to the incident.
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