RedactedNarrative: On July 3, 2019, at approximately 3:00 A.M., Ofcs of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, were dispatched by DNR Communications to a report of a vessel accident on the South River in Edgewater, MD by the Route 2 bridge in Anne Arundel County. It was reported that a personal watercraft had been operating in the area and struck the nearby day marker. It was reported that there were two passengers aboard the PWC and neither were wearing personal floatation devices.  
  
   At approximately 3:30 A.M., Ofc. and I arrived at the scene. Anne Arundel County Fire Department rescue boats 19 and 36 were on scene as well as other responding units. We were advised that the PWC had struck the lit # 17-day marker at GPS coordinates N38 57.114 / W076 33.436 on the South River and caused significant damage to the PWC. The PWC was later identified as a 2019 GTI model Seadoo silver and tan in color bearing Maryland registration “0749 DC”. The damage to the Seadoo would later be estimated at around $15,000. The Anne Arundel Co Fire Department confirmed that the passengers did not have PFDs on at the time of the crash. Despite search efforts, the victims had not yet been located.  
  
  Preliminary information indicated that Operator was on board the Seadoo with Victim. Both individuals had left the residence at approximately 1:30 A.M. A witness near the area advised that the crash happened approximately 15 minutes after Operator and Victim began their voyage. One witness said the crash sounded like “an air-conditioning unit had fallen off a tractor-trailer and rolled down the highway.”   The day marker had blood splatter on the post. There was also severe damage to the affixed metal ladder. There was a dent in it which resembled the shape of a vessel’s bow. The estimated cost to replace the damaged metal ladder is estimated at around $500. Upon our search of the area, a plastic cowling piece from the Seadoo was recovered at GPS coordinates N38 57.065 / W076 33.907. The remains of the severely damaged Seadoo was discovered at GPS coordinates N38 57.064 / W076 33.921. The front starboard side of the Seadoo had been torn apart. The PWC had exposed fiberglass, gas tank, and further internal machinery. The handlebars had been severed completely and the hood compartment was still attached by tubing from the vessel. There was blood splatter along the forward half of the Seadoo and two dead Ospreys inside. 
  
  We then towed the Seadoo to the nearby pier at 127 Edgewater Drive, Edgewater, MD 21037 securing for later inspection by NRP investigators.   Once all evidence had been secured, the surface search for the missing victims was conducted at 4:15 A.M. A circle search was conducted by the NRP starting from the point of impact at the lit # 17-day marker. At approximately 5:10 A.M., Fireboat 36 recovered Operator (deceased), who was submerged near the day marker at GPS Coordinates N38 57.306 / W076 33.745. At approximately 5:20 A.M., Victim was recovered floating in the water (deceased) by the United States Coast Guard at GPS Coordinates N38 57.090 / W076 33.919. Both victims were secured and transported to Liberty Marina for inspections by NRP criminal investigators and the Anne Arundel County Medical Examiner. Units from the NRP stood by with the Seadoo until it was transported to Matapeake for safekeeping. 
  Both individuals had extensive trauma including bruising and lacerations particularly to the legs that would be consistent with a PWC collision with a fixed object.  FI did not find any trauma to either individual that was suspicious or would indicate foul play. Victim and Operator were photographed (attached to report) and at that time were transported to OCME in Baltimore by FI in order for a full autopsy to be performed on July  4, 2019 and a request for the fu
  