RedactedNarrative: Vessel – 2014, 48’ Home Made Auxiliary Sailboat w/Diesel Inboard Engine - 40 HP
  
  On 03/29/2019, at about 06:00 p.m., this vessel was believed to have been docking/undocking on Fisherman’s Harbor, located near Brinnon, WA in Jefferson county.  
  
  According to Law Enforcement, on this date at about 10:49 a.m., the reporting party called to report an unwanted subject/welfare check.  After investigating, Officers learned that Caller is the current resident of this property.  The property is located on Fisherman’s Harbor and contains a large dock.  Caller has been renting the property for about 3 years.
  
  When Caller began renting the property, there was also another resident who rented moorage at the dock for his sailboat.  About a year ago, Owner asked Subject to leave because he refused to sign a new lease agreement with stricter rules regarding his vessel.  Subject departed as agreed and is believed to have moored in Pleasant Harbor since.  On this morning at about 06:00 a.m., Caller noticed Subject’s sailboat partially tied up to the dock.  
  
  After a few hours and no one had come up to the property, Caller contacted Owner who asked him to walk down and ask Subject to leave.  Caller proceeded down to the dock where he noticed that Subject’s sailboat still had its engine running and was still partially tied to the dock by one stern line.  He attempted to make contact with anyone on the vessel with no response.  Caller then called the Sheriff’s Office and reported the situation.
  
  Officers responded to the address and met Caller.  The report indicates that they too were unable to make contact with any occupants on board the vessel.  Officers eventually searched the vessel and located no one on board.  Officers helped Caller secure the boat to the dock and told him to call if Subject returned and refused to depart.
  
  On this date, at about 06:00 p.m., Officers were dispatched to this location to assist Quilcene Fire & Rescue with a third hand report of a body washed up in Fisherman’s Harbor near the mouth of the harbor.  The body was located and confirmed to be deceased.  Using a photo previously obtained by Officers, and the fact that Subject has a colostomy bag, the body was confirmed to be Subject.
  
  Subject was located face down on a muddy flat about 10 feet from the water’s edge during the low tide.  When Officers arrived, there were no foot prints anywhere around the body.  A ring of discolored material around the back of Subject’s T-shirt appeared consistent with floating partially submerged in the murky waters.  No obvious signs of trauma were observed during Officer’s preliminary inspection of the body.  
  
  Officers took photographs of the dock and Subject’s vessel.  The dock decking consisted of an aluminum grate material.  There was a small smudge of blood visible on the hull of the boat about a foot above the waterline and close to the height of and adjacent to the dock’s edge.  There were no stairs leading onto the boat and about a 2-foot drop from the edge of the vessel in the location where the railing was open for entry/exit to the dock.  Officers entered the vessel, that was still running, and inspected the interior.  They found no obvious signs of suspicion inside.  They were eventually able to shut off the diesel engine.  
  
  It is believed that Subject may have fallen from the boat or dock while trying to moor his vessel.  Fall may have been caused by possible medical condition.
  
  NOTE:  
  Officers indicated that it is known, from experience, that Fisherman’s Harbor has a very shallow unmarked channel that must be navigated in order to enter the harbor.  An average sized vessel is only able to navigate the channel during high tides.  A 48’ sailboat would require a very high tide to navigate the channel.  The high tide for Dabob Bay on 03/29/2019, was a 10.72’ tide at 0207 hours that morning.  The low tide just prior to that was the extreme low of 1.20’ at 1754 hours on 03/28/2019.              
  
  0 Injury / 1 Fatality 
  Unknown Alcohol or Drug Involvement 
  No Vessel Damage
  Operator/Deceased was not Wearing a PFD
  The Operator did not have a Mandatory Boater Education Card
  