RedactedNarrative: Vessel - 10' 4" Plastic Equno Kayak - Year Unknown 
  
  On 01/07/2015, sometime in the A.M., exact time unknown, Operator went kayaking alone on Alder Lake. 
  
  When Operator did not return home at the time specified to his family, they went to find him. The family located his truck in Pierce county at the Alder Lake Boat Launch. Operator along with his kayak were missing. 
  
  Operator's son called 911 to report his father missing. A search was conducted that night by the Pierce County Marine units with negative results. 
  
  The search continued the next day, 01/08/2015. Operator's body was located by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office in Thurston county near the "Little Nisqually" portion of Alder Lake. He was found floating face up about 100 yards from his half submerged kayak. 
  
  According to Operator's son his father had only been kayaking for about a year or so and he only kayaked at lakes, never swift water. Son said his father had been to Alder Lake many times to kayak over the last year. 
  
  Son also indicated that his father had suffered from a heart condition and had heart surgery in 2011. Operator was checked by the Medical Examiner at the scene. There were no signs of trauma located on the victim. 
  
  0 Injuries / 1 Fatality 
  There was no apparent alcohol involvement 
  There was no vessel damage 
  The Operator/Victim was wearing a PFD 
  The Operator/Victim did not have a mandatory Boater Education Card 
  
  NOTE:  This record will be updated upon receipt of Coroner's Report. 
  
  UPDATE:  According to the Coroner's Report the autopsy examination did not show evidence of injury.  Anatomic findings included severe coronary artery.  Death was most likely due to ischemic heart disease.  Hypertension was a significant contributing condition.
   