On 3/16/2010 at about 0814 Subject reported that he had arrived at Blyth Lake the previous night nothing that a white Ford Pickup WA license A89968R was near boat launch with no one around it.  He had noted that a dog was with the pick up.  He was reporting this morning that no one had returned to the pickup over night. Subject was concerned that something had happened to subject.  Deputy and Department of Wildlife Sgt. responded.  While Deputy was enroute, Subject2 called MACC dispatch and reported that her father in alw, 54 yoa, had gone fshing near Corral Lake by himself and had been supposed to return home the previous night.  The white Ford pickup was registered to the wife of victim.  Sgt. arrived in the Blyth lake area and strated checking the shoreline.  He located victim's 8' LIvingston boat along the shoreline partially capsized.  The GPS coordinated along the shoreline near the boats location was N46 57 488 W 119 17 231 as reported to WSP dispatch by Sgt..  Subject went out fishing on lake in his canoe and from the water saw a body floating along the base of short cliffs to the north of where victim's boat was located.  He pointed out victim to Sgt.  I was already enroute with the boat.  Coroner was adivised of body and responded.  Deputy arrived on scence at 0957.  I arrived on scene at 1104 with coroner just ahead of me.  

Upon approaching the body in the water Sgt. and Coroner both took photos.  The victim was flatoing in a near prependicular position.  He did not have a life jacket or PFD on and no PFD was located in the area or on the boat.  Upon brining victim on to swim step of boat I noted that rigor was present.  Victim was reportedly 5'6" and estimated at 300-330 pounds.  I noted that he was wearing sweat pants that were down around his knees.  It is unknown why the pants were down.  It may have been as a result of water action or it may have been that the victim was relieving himself at the time he entered water.  We transported victim on swim platform to shore where he was place in body bag.  There were no obivous signs of struggle or other injury.  the victim's boat had been equiiped with a small electric trolling motor.  the boat was partially full of water.  There was no longer a battery in the boat to power the trolling motor.  It is unknown where the boat actually capsized.  It is believed that victim and boat drifted to the location that they were located at from where the incident actually occurred.  A hand fishing net was recovered in addition to the boat.  The boat did not show any evidence of new damage or impat with anything.  No cooler or drinks were located.  Weather had been clear with minimal to no wind.
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