RedactedNarrative: On August 6, 2017, four people had planned on renting a pontoon boat from CS Rentals of Lake Norman to spend an afternoon cruising Lake Norman, a trip they had been planning for weeks.  Three people were co-workers who worked at a delivery company based out of Charlotte, while the fourth was a friend of one subject.  
  
  Around 1:20pm, the group stopped at the Target in Huntersville, where Subject1 purchased a pair of board shorts and a knife (as evident by the Target receipt dated 8/6/17 at 1:21pm).  Per the rental agreement signed by Subject2i, the group departed CS Rentals located at 1459 River Highway at 2:00pm and were scheduled to return by 6:00pm.  
  
  The group spent the majority of their 4-hour rental cruising the lake, while intermittently stopping to swim at various locations.  Around 5:30pm, the boat now being operated by Subject1, departed the area near the Blue Parrot Grill located at 169 Pinnacle Lane.  The boat then cruised under the Highway 150 Bridge and began to head back to CS Rentals.  Around 5:45pm, the group stopped the boat near a shoal marker that is approximately 300 yards from the point at the end of High Hills Drive.  Because the boat rental still had 15 minutes remaining before it had to be returned, Subject1 and Subject2 decided to go for one last swim.   Note: the boat was not at anchor and was drifting.  
  Both Subject1 and Subject2 jumped from the rear platform of the boat into the water at roughly the same time.  Subject1 was reported to have surfaced momentarily after jumping in, but then sank below the waterline and never resurfaced.  When Subject2 and the other 2 passengers realized Subject1 had not resurfaced, they began to panic.  Over the course of 5-10 minutes after the 2 jumped in the water, the pontoon boat floated in front of the dock.  The commotion of the group's panic was heard by multiple residents of High Hills Drive, who immediately came to the group's aid.  Some of the witnesses jumped into the water in an effort locate Subject1.  One of the witnesses instructed the group to throw out the anchor on the pontoon boat where it came to rest approximately 30 yards directly in front of the dock.
  During the investigation, Sergeant observed (8) 16oz Miller Lite empty beer cans and (1) unopened Miller Lite beer can onboard the pontoon boat.
  Over the course of the next 2 days, multiple law enforcement agencies and local fire/rescue squads rallied efforts to recover Subject1.  On Tuesday morning, 8/8/17, a resident of High Hills Drive discovered Subject1 floating in one cove to the east of the initial search zone. 
  Subject1 was recovered then transported to Baptist Hospital where he underwent an autopsy to determine cause of death.  The findings suggest that there was no trauma, and the cause of death was ruled a drowning.  Toxicology results yielded at 0.02 BAC.
  
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