RedactedNarrative:  details of investigation/incident:
      on february 26, 2017 at approximately 6:50 pm i, indiana conservation officer, was contacted by lagrange county sheriff department in regards to two subjects in the water on fish lake. 
  
       when i arrived to the scene lagrange county sheriff deputies, lagrange county fire department and parkview ems were already on scene. I was advised by deputy that the two subjects had been pulled from the water by a good samaritan later. Witness had returned to his residence to get warm. The two victims that were pulled from the water were later identified. They were flown to parkview regional medical center in fort wayne by samaritan helicopter. 
  
       i was able to make contact with witness at approximately 7:45 pm 2/26/2017. Witness stated he was getting ready to leave his residence when he heard someone yelling for help from the direction of the lake. Witness got into his kayak and paddled to the main body of water where he witness two subjects in the water. At this point he was able to get operator to grab onto his kayak. While operator grabbed the kayak he was also still holding onto occupant. Witness was able to paddle both subjects towards shore until they were able to touch the bottom of the lake. At this point witness jumped out of his kayak and assisted both operator and occupant to dry land and started administering first aid for hypothermia until first responders arrived shortly after.    
        
      on february 28, 2017 at approximately 3:30pm i made contact with operator. Operator explained to me that on the evening of the incident he and his girlfriend decided to take a canoe out on the lake for an evening paddle. They left from the occupant residence, paddled to the main body of water and was going to turn around when occupant leaned too far to one side causing the canoe to capsize. As a result of the capsized canoe both operator and occupant were now in the 46° f water. Operator was able to grab a loose personal flotation device more commonly known as a life jacket. Operator stated there were two life jackets in the canoe at the time of the incident but was unable to retrieve the second one in time. As operator held onto the life jacket he was able to acquire he also held on to occupant keeping her afloat. During this time both operator and occupant started yelling for help. At this point witness paddled out and assisted them to shore. 
  
      also on february 28, 2017 at approximately 4:00 pm i made contact with occupant at her residence. When occupant explained what happened to me on the night of 2/26/2017 her story matched what operator had stated. Both individuals admitted to having consumed alcoholic beverages in the amount on one glass of wine each.
  