RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, January 10, 2021, the victim launched his kayak into the Ohio River at Cox Park, 3730 River Road, in Jefferson County, KY.  Last verbal contact with Operator was by cellphone from his father at approximately 10:00 a.m.  
  
  Father had awoke Sunday morning and noticed his son wasn't home.  Father checked his son's location via cellphone and determined he was on the Ohio River.  Father called Operator and advised him to get off the River due to weather conditions.   According to Father, cellular contact with Operator ended shortly before 11:00 a.m.  Operator's kayak was recovered later January 10, 2021, in the Falls of the Ohio area by the Louisville Metro Police Department.  
  
  Operator was not recovered until Monday, March 9, 2021 at the Newburg Locks and Dam in Newburg, Warrick County, Indiana.  The River mile marker at this location is 776.1.  At this writing, the case has been closed by Louisville Metro Police Department after determining the cause of death, Drowning, hypothermia as secondary factor, per Coroner, Warrick County Coroner.  A fixed video camera operated by a local television station picked up Operator on his kayak, headed toward the Falls of the Ohio. 
   
  