RedactedNarrative: On February 22, 2017 at 7:10 am officers responded to Teddy’s Beach, Portsmouth for a body on the beach. Upon arrival officers observed the body of a deceased male lying faced down. The deceased was wearing a wet suit and a PFD. A kayak that had washed up on shore was located 300 yards south of the body. An area resident reported seeing the kayak washed up on February 21, 2017 during the afternoon. There was no signs of trauma to the deceased and no damage to the kayak.
  The investigation determined the deceased, a 77 year old male with a preexisting heart condition wheeled his 14’ kayak from his house adjacent to the Sakonnet River sometime during the afternoon of February 21, 2017 and went out kayaking. His body and kayak were discovered the morning of February 22, 2017. The deceased was not reporting missing on February 21, 2017 due to the fact he lives alone. The Rhode Island Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death as drowning and also noted the victims preexisting heart condition. A cause of the accident is undetermined.