RedactedNarrative: On July 17, 2017 at approximately 6:30 pm V1 was northbound on the Mississippi River near the witness residence. Witness observed the boat swerving from left to right and it caught his attention. He stated the operator had a hard time sitting up and kept falling over inside the boat. Witness stated that it appeared the operator was severely intoxicated.  
  
  The Witness yelled out to the Operator as he was stopped about 50-80 yards from shore in an effort to assist him.  At that time, the Operator took off real fast and continued north up the river. Witness continued to watch & the boat spun sharply to the right as it approached the 3rd red buoy, possibly throwing the operator out of the boat. 
  
  Witness said he saw something come out of the boat but was not sure if it was the operator, until he no longer saw the boat as it was drifting in a circle in the middle of the channel. The Witness was able to flag down another boat and they went out to look for the victim. The witness & the unknown boat owner were able to pull up to the victims boat but did not locate him in the boat.  
  
  Upon searching further Witness located the victim face down in the water about fifty yards away from the boat after about 2 minutes of searching. Witness  believed the victim was dead at that time and also thought that the victim was wearing a life jacket because he was floating.  
  
  The victim was not wearing a life jacket and had been drinking heavily.  The Owner of the boat, (victim's son) had refused to go boating with the victim since he was extremely intoxicated.  The wife of the victim had attempted to keep her husband from leaving in a boat to go on the Mississippi River since he was very intoxicated.
  