RedactedNarrative: On August 06, 2022, at approximately 1715 hours, I, Corporal (Cpl.) of the Maryland Natural Resources (MNRP) Criminal investigation Section (CIS) and Officer First Class (OFC) (MNRP, CIS) were contacted by the MNRP Special Operations Division (SOD) Duty Officer Lieutenant about a boating-related death on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Gunpowder River.
  
  The original call had come into the Maryland Natural Resources Police Communications Center at approximately 1704 hours. The complainant had told emergency services that a male, later identified as Subject1, was standing in the water near Carroll Island screaming for help with a second male who may be in cardiac arrest. A second Good Samaritan, an Emergency Medical Technician, was also on the scene and began administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to the unconscious male, later identified as Victim.
  
  OFC1 and I responded to Franklin Square Hospital, where Victim and Subject1 were taken. We arrived at approximately 1800 hours. On arrival, we located Victim, who was still being given lifesaving measures. At approximately 1807 hours, Victim was pronounced deceased by Doctor. We had no official documentation of Victim's identification at the time. Cpl., MNRP, CIS, had provided me with a possible name and date of birth based on an investigation from information that he had received from Subject1.
  
  At approximately 1815 hours, Cpl1 informed me that the subjects involved and the vessel were located inside Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) waterways. Cpl1 also stated that Sgt. of Aberdeen Proving Ground had informed OFC that Maryland Natural Resources Police would handle the investigation since it was unknown where the death and originating incident occurred.
  
  At approximately 1845 hours, we located Subject1 in the emergency room. At approximately 1847 hours, I interviewed Subject1, who agreed to be audio recorded. This report is not a verbatim account of the interview but a synopsis of what occurred, according to Subject1.
  
  Subject1 explained that he had recently had work done to his vessel. He and Victim had met his mechanic at his stepmother's house at approximately 0900 hours so that the mechanic could put a new fuel pump on the vessel. After completion, the mechanic left the area. Subject1 and Victim went out on the vessel to test it and found it not working properly. When the mechanic returned, he stated that it was an issue he could not fix while on the water. The mechanic advised that Subject1 could use the vessel that day but would not be able to go above six knots. Subject1 and Victim decided they still wanted to take the boat out to "put around" that day.
  
  While underway around the area of Poole's Island, Subject1 was at the operator's seat while Victim was seated behind him on the starboard gunnel with his "ass hanging halfway off the side." At what he believes to be approximately 1330 hours, Subject1 placed the vessel into neutral so that they would float for a while. Subject1 described Victim seated so that his arm was out attempting to touch the waves. Subject1 described the water as rough that day. He stated while floating, a larger boat went by in their vicinity and threw a wake in their direction. 
  
  Victim fell overboard due to the wake rocking their vessel and yelled. Subject1 said he jumped up from his seat and threw a white "throw tube." Victim was unable to catch the "throw tube." Subject1 also explained that Victim did not know who to swim other than "doggy paddle," so he could not swim to the tube. Subject1 emptied his pockets of his wallet and phone and jumped in after Victim.
  
  When Subject1 got to Victim, he grabbed his shirt and looked for the "throw tube." Subject1 explained that the tube had floated further way from the location. He also explained that his vessel was floating quickly away from them. Subject1 pulled Victim, who was panicking, towards the tube. At that time, Subject1 explained that Victim was still alive and that he kept trying to talk him into calming down. 
  
  Just as Subject1 reached the tube with Victim, Victim's head fell back and went underwater. Subject1 attempted to pull his head above water multiple times and talk to Victim to keep him positive and alive. Subject1 believes that this may have been when Victim may have succumbed to panicking and drowned. Subject1 stated that his vessel was approximately two hundred yards away when he reached the tube, floating away from him quickly. That is when Subject1 decided to attempt to swim to shore while pulling Victim. While swimming, Subject1 stated he tried multiple times to lift Victim's head from the water but was unsuccessful.
  
  Subject1 stated that just as he got Victim to shore, he was about to give up swimming. He believes that he swam for approximately two hours to shore. Once on shore, Subject1 stated that he tried CPR with no positive results. Subject1 stated that once he realized he could not resuscitate Victim, he found an orange float on the island and attached it to a stick in an attempt to wave over passing vessels. Eventually, the Good Samaritan vessel, a pontoon-style vessel with three people on board, took notice of Subject1 and came in his direction.
  
  Subject1 stated that one of the Good Samaritan's subjects was a paramedic who attempted CPR on Victim.
  
  Subject1 explained that Victim did not have any next of kin or family that he knew of. Subject1 had met Victim approximately fifteen years prior when Victim was homeless. Subject1 started picking up Victim in the Baltimore County area and using him as a helper in his carpentry business. Subject1 and Victim formed a close friendship over the years. Approximately one year ago, Subject1 asked Victim to move in with him. Over the past year, Victim did not mention any family, only a brother in passing. Subject1 was unable to recall a name or any other information regarding a brother.
  
  After speaking with Subject1, Cpl informed me that Chesapeake Marine was out with the vessel in the area of Maxwell Point and had deployed a diver to attach a tow line without permission of Maryland Natural Resources Police or Aberdeen Proving Ground Police. Cpl1 explained that the vessel was in shallow water, so Maryland Natural Resources Police could not reach the vessel to take pictures of it and investigate if a crime had occurred. 
  
  He described the vessel as being potentially in a rocky area that was not navigable. I explained to Cpl1 that Subject1 did not have vessel insurance and could not pay the five hundred dollars that Chesapeake Marine was asking for. I also explained that Subject1 would make arrangements to retrieve the vessel within the next day through a friend. Chesapeake Marine owner stated that the vessel was in peril in navigable waters, so he was operating under the authority of the Maritime Salvage Law to remove the vessel and would seek payment from Subject1 or seize the vessel. Cpl1 explained that the vessel was already removed from the shallow waters and that those agreed on the scene to have it handled that way.
  
  At approximately 2140 hours, OFC1 and I met Cpl1 at the United States Postal Service located at 200
  