RedactedNarrative: WHEN ARRIVING ON SCENE THERE WAS AN EMPTY KAYAK WHICH WAS FLOATING UPRIGHT ON ROCKS APPROXIMATELY 30-40 FEET FROM SHORE. THERE WERE ROCKS ABOVE THE SURFACE AS WELL AS UNDERWATER WITH A SANDY BOTTOM IN PLACES WHERE THE ROCKS WERE NOT.  
  
  IT WAS FAIRLY SHALLOW, FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND FACE DOWN WITH HIS TORSO OVER ONE OF THE SUBMERGED ROCKS JUST UNDER THE SURFACE.  HE DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE TRAUMA TO HIS TORSO OR HEAD, BUT HAD SMALL LACERATIONS ON HIS LEGS, WITH MORE LACERATIONS ON THE RIGHT LEG THAN THE LEFT.  
  
  INSIDE THE KAYAK WAS AN UNINFLATED STYLE PFD AND A SEAT CUSHION STYLE TYPE IV UNDER THE SEAT. NEITHER APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN USED RECENTLY.  ACCORDING TO A FRIEND, THE VICTIM TOLD HER HE HAD LUNCH WHILE HE WAS KAYAKING.  THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER HAD THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS DROWNING. MANNER OF DEATH: ACCIDENTAL. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE DECEDENT WAS WADING IN THE WATER OR FELL FROM THE KAYAK, HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF DISTRESS WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED ON SCENE.