RedactedNarrative: On saturday november 1, 2014 i received a call from dgif dispatch at approximately 3:10 pm reference a drowning in james city county.  I contacted officer with james city police department and was told that they had received a report of a drowning victim on the chickahominy river and that when they responded they found a kayak that was mostly submerged and anchored approximately 300-400 yards down river from brickyard boat ramp.  I responded to brickyard boat ramp and found james city county police department and fire department on scene.  They had recovered the body and kayak from the river, both of which had been transported to the boat ramp.  
  
  While on scene, i interviewed two people, both stated they were out working on a duck blind when two fishermen stopped and asked them to tow them back to the boat ramp.  They said while helping the fishermen, they were told about a possible dead body floating down river.  They proceeded to this location and located a body along the shore.  Subject1 then stayed with the body while subject2 towed the fishermen to shore and met with james city county fire and rescue.  Subject2 then showed james city county fire and rescue where the body was and picked subject1 back up.  
  
  I then talked to the james city county police officers that responded, who stated when they arrived at the boat ramp around 2:30 pm, they were met by subject3 who stated that her husband went catfishing on friday night and that he would normally stay out most of the night fishing.  She stated that her husband called her between 930 pm and 1030 pm on friday and that she had not heard from him since.  Around 1:30 pm, she decided to come to the boat ramp and see if his car was still there and that she met the fire department there.    
  
  The police officers further stated that they had found the kayak anchored about 50 yards off shore on the james city county side of the chickahominy river approximately 300-400 yards down river from the boat ramp with the anchor light still on.  They said the kayak was mostly submerged.  The body was located approximately a mile down river from the kayak.  The body was face down along the shore when they recovered it.  They stated they had to cut the anchor to recover the kayak due to it being stuck on the bottom.  They recovered both the kayak and body and brought them both to the boat ramp.  
  
  After contacting the medical examiner office, james city county police department recovered a virginia drivers license in the pocket of the clothes on the body.  son in law then positively identified the body. 
  
  I took photos of the body and kayak.
  
  The medical examiner investigator then arrived on scene and completed an initial external exam of the body.  No visible trauma was found on the body.  Victim was dressed in a blue coat, coveralls, and rubber thigh high boots.  Victim was not wearing a personal flotation device (pfd) when he was recovered.  However he was clutching a type iii vest style pfd under his right arm against his body.  One of straps on the pfd was wrapped around his right arm.  Nelsens funeral home transported the body to the chief medical examiners office in richmond.
  
  On friday november 14, 2014 i received a copy of the medical examinerâ€™s autopsy report.  The report states the cause of death is drowning.