RedactedNarrative: The operator of the watercraft said that he and a group of friends were wake boarding when the victim asked him to slow down so he could jump out and swim to the island. The operator said that the victim jumped out of the boat and began swimming east toward the buoy. The buoy is approximately 100-150 yards west of the island and marks the point of a sandbar that runs west from the island. The operator estimated that the boat was approximately 50 yards west of the buoy when the victim jumped off. One of the witnesses said that they last saw the victim at approximately 6:00 pm, swimming towards the island. She said that they turned the boat around to go get him and the victim was gone. The witness stated that as they started looking for the victim, they were flagged down by an individual on shore who informed them that he had called 911 because he had seen the victim go under and not resurface. The victim was not wearing a life jacket when he jumped off the boat into the water. The sheriff's office located the victim with side scan sonar at about 7:45 pm and he was removed from the water at about 8:15 pm. The watercraft was drifting at the time the victim jumped into the water.