RedactedNarrative: On 6/11/19 at approx. 8:35pm. operator and passenger were in S1''s vessel(V1), a 2007 25'' Chaparral(AL-8726-LL) registered to S1''s ex-wife on Wheeler Lake.  S1 and S2 were returning from a weekly trip they took to the Hard Dock restaurant/bar in Decatur.  
  
  S1 and S2 are neighbors and the piers at their residences are approx. 75 yards apart.  S1 approached the pier at S2''s residence at idle speed and bow first to allow S2 to step off onto his pier.  S2 stepped off the bow onto his pier.  When S2 stepped off the bow, S1 put his vessel into reverse to back away.  S2 lost his balance and fell back into the water.  
  
  When S1 noticed, he idled the boat forward to the point he last saw S2.  He went to the bow of the boat and put down the bow ladder for S2 to climb back aboard the vessel.  S1 did not see S2 anywhere in the water.  S1 called Limestone County 911 at 8:42pm for help.  The above scenario was provided by S1 and he is the only witness to the events.  
  
  Rogersville P.D. advised that he smelled an odor of alcohol from S1 when he spoke to him.  I went to interview S1 with Officer while the assisting agencies continued the search for S2 with vessels and divers.
  
  I interviewed S1 at his residence.  He admitted to drinking alcohol along with eating dinner from 5-8pm. at the Hard Dock. At this time, I did not smell an alcohol odor from S1.  During the interview with S1, he repeatedly broke down sobbing about the incident.  I asked S1 to consent to taking the Field Sobriety Tests(FST), and a breathalyzer test.  He consented, but at the beginning of the HGN tests, S1 consulted with his ex-wife who had come out onto the back deck to check on S1.  She advised him not to take the tests and he agreed to stop all testing.  At this time, I decided not to arrest S1 for BUI based on the lack of alcohol odor, a lack of signs of impairment, his mental state of breaking down and sobbing about the events, and my opinion that he did not reach the standards of arrest for a BUI.  
  
  The Search and Rescue efforts continued till approx. 12:10am., then was called off for the night due to safety concerns.  The efforts continued throughout the next day on 6/12/19.  On 6/13/19 at approx. 7:30am., S2 was spotted by a fisherman floating near the bank approx. 350 yards east of his pier, and approx. 50 yards west of Poplar Point slough.  S2''s body was recovered by a rescue boat and transported to a boat ramp at Poplar Point. S2 was turned over to Limestone County Coroner and DFS-Huntsville.
  
  On 6/21/19, I interviewed the waitress who had served S1 and S2 on 6/11/19, as well as the manager on duty at the Hard Dock.  I also obtained a copy of the receipt from S1 and S2''s time at the restaurant/bar. The waitress remembered, and the manager marked on the receipt, the drink breakdown for S1 and S2.  After taking their statements, I called the DFS investigator about a statement from the waitress.  She remembered mentioning to S2 upon his arrival at the Hard Dock that his lips were an unusual bluish/purple color.
  
  Cause of Death is undetermined at this time by DFS-Huntsville.
  
  Autopsy and toxicology results are pending and the DFS Investigator advised 60-90 days is the typical time for results and final reports.
  
  The victim died from trauma.  He hit his head on the vessel.
  