RedactedNarrative: Henry County Sheriff's Office Dispatch received a call at 1829 hours at the 911 Center in reference to two subjects. They were canoeing on the Smith River when their canoe overturned. According to Survivor, he and Victim launched the canoe into Smith River behind Rivermont Heights, in Martinsville, VA, near a yellow building at approximately 1750 hours on 10/06/15. The canoe was a Coleman RAM-X 15 with Identification number CP218083D999 and belonged to Survivor. Survivor said that the canoe turned sideways then capsized, throwing both of them in the water about 50 yards above the train trestle. Neither of them had personal flotation devices with them. They were both fighting to get to the river bank. Survivor said he finally made it to the bank but never saw Victim after they went under. He explained that neither of them had been drinking and that they lost a fishing pole and two paddles when the canoe overturned. 
   
  Victim was said to be wearing a black hoodie with a John Deere logo, blue jeans, and camouflage boots. A Henry County Deputy located a camouflage boot on the bank near the train trestle at 2031 hours. There were three rescue boats launched with two man crews in the area Victim was last seen. They were launched at 2035 hours, 2040 hours, and 2050 hours. Then one of the canoe paddles was found on the island below the train trestle at 2035 hours. Another canoe paddle was seen floating by the Smith River Sports Complex at 2215 hours. There was a fourth boat launched with a four man search and rescue crew at 2220 hours. There was also a seven man team combing the island below the train trestle for any signs of Victim at 2228 hours. The canoe was later found at the water treatment plant about a mile and a half downstream from the scene of the accident at 2330 hours. It was decided at the command center to temporarily call off the search at 2400 hours and continue it at 0700 hours. Officials at the Corps of Engineer and Martinsville Hydro-Electric Dam agreed to reduce the flow of the water they were releasing to aid in the search. 
   
  The following morning, October 7, 2015, at 0700 hours preparations for the search for Victim began again. There were three boats launched into the Smith River. CPO and I assisted the Franklin County Swift Water Rescue Team recover the canoe at the water treatment plant at 0948 hours. At 1021 hours the canoe was transported back to the command center by Franklin County Public Safety, where its information was recorded and photographs taken. There was another camouflage boot found at 1045 hours by another Franklin County Swift Water Rescue Team.  CPO and I each launched a kayak at approximately 1330 hours. We searched from the scene of the accident to the Smith River Sports Complex with no success. The last item that was found was the other paddle at 1400 hours below Eggleston Falls near Marrowbone kayak/canoe launch.
   
  Further search and recovery efforts have been, and will continue to be made until Victim is found as coordinated by Conservation Police Sgt..
   
  On October 24, 2015, at approximately 0900 hours, the decomposed body of Victim was found near the confluence of Marrowbone Creek and Smith River by two Collinsville, VA residents that were camping near the site. At approximately 1130 hours the body was removed and taken to Roanoke, VA for an autopsy. The results of the autopsy will be complete within three weeks. 
   
  Charges have placed against Survivor, the survivor of the canoe incident, for failure to have required lifesaving equipment on the canoe (PFD). At this point in the investigation foul play is not suspected.
   