RedactedNarrative: Prelude: two victims had a boating accident on crane lake in noble county. The female victim was successfully recovered. The male victim died.   
      
  Details of investigation/incident:   
     
  At approximately 4:22 p.m. on june 19, 2022, ico dispatch received a call for a water rescue on crane lake in noble county. The caller advised he heard screaming and yelling coming from the lake. Officer and myself, while in full class b uniform and in my fully marked assigned state commission, responded to the scene from huntington county.  
     
  Officer1 and i arrived on scene at approximately 5:29 pm. Already on scene were other indiana conservation officers, noble county township fire department, noble county sheriff's department, thorn creek fire department, churubusco fire department, and indiana state police.  
     
  When i arrived, i witnessed a male subject lying near the public access site deceased per paramedics on scene.  The male subject was later identified by driver's license that was removed from his pants pocket.  I began speaking with noble county township fire department officer in charge, captain. Captain advised me what they understood had happened after speaking with a female witness.  I was told that two subjects had been fishing in a small aluminum boat that had capsized.  I was told that a female subject had been inside the boat with the male when it capsized.  The female witness was inside the ambulance enroute to parkview hospital whitley, being evaluated by medics.    
     
  Captain stated that around approximately 4:40 pm fire units began arriving on scene. Two firefighters from noble county township fire entered the water and began swimming toward the woman who was at the south end of the lake screaming for help. Two additional firefighters from the same department arrived on scene with a boat.  They launched, retrieved the two firefighters that were swimming before approaching the victims still in the water. The firefighters spotted a partially submerged boat at the south end of the lake.  They witnessed a female (subject2) in the water near the boat.  Upon arriving to subject2's location, the firefighters asked if she was the only one. Subject2 responded, "no he's under me."  
     
  Rescue personnel stated they observed life jackets and fishing gear floating in the water. Two firefighters jumped out of the boat to assist subject2.  One firefighter escorted subject2 to the other side of the lake towards a large tree. The male victim, subject1, was pulled from the water and brought to the back of the boat. Subject1 was taken to shore to awaiting medics.  Medics attempted lifesaving measures which were ultimately unsuccessful.  Subject1 was pronounced dead by paramedics at 5:15 pm.  Subject2 was retrieved from her location at the south end of the lake by fire personnel and transported to an awaiting ambulance.  Subject2 was later transported to parkview for evaluation.  
     
  Indiana conservation officers then recovered the boat which was partially submerged and brought it to shore. All the victim's personal belongings were placed in the back of subject1 truck on scene, and the keys were later given to subject1's daughter at parkview hospital whitley.   
     
  I retrieved written statements from the firefighters on scene and documented the scene with photographs.   
     
  At approximately 6:00 p.m. noble county coroner arrived on scene. He took possession of subject1's body which was transported at approximately 7:10 pm to the northeast indiana forensic center at st. Joe hospital in fort wayne for a postmortem examination.    
     
  At approximately 7:15 pm, i met with subject2 at parkview whitley er for her account of what happened.  She stated they got out on crane lake around 11:30 am. She had been fishing with subject1 all day. They had lifejackets beside them in the boat but were not actively wearing them. Subject1 dropped his fishing pole in the water and reached over to get it. The boat subsequently tipped over. Subject2 stated subject1 went over the boat and into the water, and she fell backwards over the other side of the boat. She emerged from the water on the opposite side of the boat from subject1. She grabbed and held onto the capsized boat. She then observed subject1 holding his lifejacket to his chest, but not wearing it. She asked subject1 if he was okay and then asked if he could swim. Subject1 responded yes. Subject2 then said she looked forward and was trying to think of a way to fix the situation when she heard splashing. She turned around and observed the lifejacket subject1 had been holding onto floating away from him. Subject2 stated subject1 was grabbing for the lifejacket, and that she moved closer and began trying to push his life jacket back towards him. Subject2 stated subject1 kept falling below the water and that she was trying to keep his head above water.  Subject2 stated that she heard subject1 gurgling.     
     
  I was pulled out of the interview who exchanged contact information with me so that i could receive information for the autopsy.   
  
  subject2 was released from the hospital. Indiana conservation officers, as well as indiana conservation officer chaplain went and visited subject2 at her private residence.   
     
  Subject2 stated more about the boat accident. She stated that she believed she and subject1 were in the water for 15 minutes and that she screamed for help the entire time while attempting to keep subject1' head above the water. She stated she could not just let him go.   
     
  The chaplain ensured subject2 had contacts to assist her in the coming weeks while she recovered.   
     
  Around approximately 9:30 pm, i left subject2's private residence and began driving back.   
  
  Based on preliminary findings, dr. stated the cause of death was hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and morbid obesity. She stated the manner of death was natural. The procedure was concluded at approximately 10:00 am.    
     
  This concludes my involvement with this case as of 12:30 pm on june 25th 2022.  
     
  