RedactedNarrative: Vessel - 8' Aluminum Rowboat (Make/Model Unknown) w/Minn Kota Electric Outboard Engine 
  
  On 10/05/2015, at about 11:55 a.m., Law Enforcement was dispatched to the area of Plummer's Lake and the area behind the Lake View Inn, located near Centralia, WA in Lewis county.  It was reported that a fisherman had apparently just drowned.  The reporting party/witness advised dispatch that he had observed a small fishing boat trolling by itself on the lake.  He looked out into the lake and observed a male subject attempting to swim toward a yellow life jacket that was floating a short distance away from where the male was swimming.  Victim had been seen fishing while standing in his small aluminum boat by another witness, Subject1, and later was seen struggling to swim in the water while his boat motored away from him.
  
  Police and Fire personnel responded to the scene immediately but by the time they arrived there was no one seen at the surface or just below the surface of the water.  Two Firefighters got into Victim's boat and began looking for him in the area of the lake where Subject2 had advised that he had last seen him, the NW corner of the lake situated near I-5 and the Lakeview Inn.  After searching the area for some time and not seeing any sign of the victim, Lewis County Search and Rescue was called in for assistance.  The Lewis County Sheriff's Office did not currently have an active Dive Team so the Thurston County Dive Team was requested to respond.
  
  The Thurston County Dive Team arrived and began searching the bottom of the lake in the area where Subject2 advised that he had last seen Victim.  The Dive Team worked an ever expanding area of the lake until about 07:00 p.m., when it became too dark to run the operation.  The following day, 10/06/2015, the Pierce County Metro Dive Team responded to Plummer's Lake to assist with the body recovery.  The search began at about 10:00 a.m. with a swimmer in the water.  A short time later, the swimmer identified something that he believed could have been the victim at which time a team was sent out with a sonar array that was used to scan the bottom.  The sonar image identified what looked very much like a human body on the floor of the lake.  Divers went in the water at that time and positively identified the suspected body as human remains.  The divers brought the body to shore where it was positively identified.  
  
  The following day, 10/07/2015, the Corner's Officer performed an autopsy.  It was determined that Victim died of asphyxia.  BAC results are pending.
  
  0 Injuries / 1 Fatality
  Alcohol involvement is unknown.  BAC pending.
  There was no vessel damage reported.
  The Operator/Deceased was not wearing a PFD.
  The Operator/Deceased did not have a mandatory Boater Education Card.
  
  UPDATE:  BAC received.  No alcohol involvement.
   