RedactedNarrative: On July 6, 2016, four people left out of Holiday Island on the Albemarle Sound onboard a 21'7" pontoon boat (Vessel 1), owned by Operator and proceeded to the beach area off of Drumonds Point for an unknown period of time.  They left there and began heading South West down the coast of the Albemarle Sound toward the sound bridge.  
  
  When they noticed a storm approaching, they turned around and headed back for Holiday Island.  It then appeared to them that the storm was going to pass them by and they stopped to swim near the mouth of the Yeopim River.  The two men, Operator and Occupant1 jumped in the water to swim without PFDs.  The wind blowing from the South West at approximately 10mph, caused Vessel 1 to drift away from the swimmers.  
  
  The two women still onboard started the vessel in an attempt to recover the swimmers.  However, the motor died before they were able to reach them.  They continued to attempt to start the vessel and were able to get close enough to Occupant1 to throw him a Type II PFD before the vessel's engine died on them again and became disabled.  They were then unable to restart the engine.  The vessel continued to drift in a North Easterly direction until the two women were unable to see ether of the men.  Occupant1 stated that the last time he saw Operator, he was holding onto a crab pot buoy approximately 20 feet behind him.  A civilian fishing vessel was able to recover Occupant1 but were unable to locate Operator. 
  
  Officer and I received a call at 1703 from our dispatch in Raleigh about a possible boating accident.  Officer contacted the Perquimans Dispatch in an attempt to gain further information.  Officer then was able to make contact with the victim’s wife by phone and began trying to gain further information about the incident.  We headed to Holiday Island Club House where we launched our 21' Parker patrol boat.  
  
  Officer and I made contact with Vessel 1 and the two women at 1730 and marked the Latitude and Longitude as 36.053985 LAT -076.402251 LON.  Both women appeared to be physically alright but were distraught.  We then made contact with the civilian fishing vessel who had Occupant1 onboard.  
  
  We had a brief conversation with both the operator of the vessel and Occupant1.  We noticed Occupant1 had a small laceration on his left leg and instructed them to return to Holiday Island so Occupant1 could be evaluated by Perquimans EMS.  Officer and I then conducted a short search of the area in an attempt to locate Operator.  Officer then made the call to tow in the disabled Vessel 1 in order to secure all the passengers on shore.  We towed the disabled vessel back to Holiday Island where Officer and I took written statements from Occupant1 and occupant3.  
  
  Victim’s wife was too distraught to give any statements other than short answers.  Officer and I then returned to scene and began searching for Operator.  The United States Coast Guard dispatched a vessel and a helicopter to aid in the search.  Perquimans County Water Rescue also brought out a vessel to search for Operator.  At approximately 2030 Hertford County Emergency Management's vessel arrived with side scan sonar and the search continued until 0230 the next morning.  The search resumed at 0700 on July 7, 2016, and continued during daylight hours until Sunday July 10, 2016 at 1300 hours.  The victim has not been found as of the writing of this summary.
  
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  PLEASE NOTE:  THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED ONCE THE BODY IS LOCATED AND A MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT IS RECEIVED.