RedactedNarrative: On 4/14/2017, at approximately 10:13 AM, I received a call from Yadkin County Sheriff's Office Dispatch to inform me that they had received a report of a person drowning in Lake Hampton at Yadkin Memorial Park in Yadkin County.  I responded to Lake Hampton where emergency personnel were beginning to stage near the boat ramp.  
  
  It was reported to me that a fisherman had overheard someone calling for help and trolled to the area and found a small boat with the trolling motor still on going in circles near the south bank of the dam.  I located the witness and identified him.  
  
  Witness stated he had heard someone calling for help across the lake but by the time he got to the location, he could not find anyone but found a boat with the trolling motor still on, going in circles.  Witness wrote a statement which is included in this report.  Yadkin County Sheriff's Deputy towed the boat back to the dock and secured it at that location.  The boat was found to have no visible damage.  
  
  The boat was registered and current.  I met with Yadkin County Park Director and he decided to close the park to help with the investigation.  Once the public was out of the park and all other boaters accounted for, a white Ford F150 truck was located in the parking lot and found to be registered.  
  
  Preliminary investigation reports indicated that Subject was missing and possibly the person who was calling for help out on the lake.  Lewisville Fire Department responded with a sonar and dive team personnel to assist with the search.  A search was conducted on the water in the location in which the boat was found.  At approximately 06:00 PM, the dive team found a bait casting fishing rod that appeared to have been dropped in the water very recently. The search team had located in the area which the sonar was showing an image of what appeared to be a body in the search area.  The search was suspended at or around 08:30 PM.  The search was restarted at approximately 07:00 AM on 4/15/2017.  Subject's body was recovered at approximately 11:00 AM in the same general area that the boat was recovered.  The recovery was made approximately 15 yards from the lake edge in approximately 16 feet of water.  Subject was wearing a Bass Pro T Shirt, Jean Shorts and tennis shoes.  The body had no visible injuries.
  
  My investigation and findings of this incident indicates Subject, who was known to fish Lake Hampton had arrived sometime Friday morning on 4/14/17 to go fishing.  At approximately 09:30 AM on 4/14/17, Subject fell overboard while his trolling motor was running.  He was not wearing his PFD which was found in his boat, and by all indications was unable to re-board his boat or swim and drowned due to his circumstances.
  
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  THERE IS NO KNOWN CAUSE AS TO WHY SUBJECT FELL OVERBOARD
  IT IS ALSO UNKNOWN AS TO THE ENGINE HP FOR THE TROLLING MOTOR.