RedactedNarrative: Deputies were dispatched to a watercraft in Lower Lake North - Lake Minnetonka, just north of Big Island and east of Huntington Point, going in circles unoccupied. When deputies arrived they located the boat going in circles at approximately 5 mph. They were able to stop the watercraft and it was found that the operator was unaccounted for. Search efforts utilizing sonar located the victim on 9/16/2018 at 1000 hours. The victim was recovered in 30 feet deep water.
  
  The operator and his wife had discussed going out in the boat that day. When the wife returned from running errands, the operator had already left with the boat and trailer to go to the launch site. He told the wife he would meet them at the launch site. The operator and his wife, their three children, a friend of one child, the victim's neighbors and their two children went out in the boat and spent the afternoon at Big Island. They headed back to the launch site, where he had picked them up, at about 5:00 p.m. The operator dropped everyone off and said he would "just cruise back to the Water Patrol Boat Launch, perhaps take a quick dip in the water and come home." The wife brought the kids home and called the husband at 5:23 pm to see if he needed help trailering the boat. He said he didn't. She asked if he was ok and he said he was. At 6:18, the wife received a call from her mother (the registered owner) who said the boat had been found but the operator had not.
  
  A woman contacted the Sheriff's Office on 9/16/18. She was a friend of the victim and stated she had made arrangements to meet him near Big Island at about 5:00 pm on the day of the incident. She was in a friend's boat and had been texting him. She was talking on the phone with him and he said he could see her. He was heading her way and she went in the water briefly. When she got back in the boat, she saw the victim's empty boat driving in circles. They called 911. The woman did not see how the victim had exited his boat.
  
  The victim had not been wearing a life jacket. Alcohol was a factor. It is unknown what actually caused him to fall overboard.
  