RedactedNarrative: On 09/30/2022 at about 1135hours Athens County Sheriff Office received a call at “Blue Heron Campground” for a body in the Hocking River. The location of the incident was on the Hocking River about 1.5 mile from the mouth of the Ohio river. Report of a male subject was partially submerged in the water. 
  
  Accordioning to Athens County Sheriff Office’s the upper body and mid abdomen was submerged in the river between his boat and the dock. His left foot was caught under the boat throttle and his right leg was caught on the dock. 
  
  The boat motor was running and the bowline on the starboard side was untied, and the stern starboard line was still tied. The Male was pulled from the water from people in the campground prior to the Sheriff’s Office arrival. Athens County coroner office was contacted and responded to the scene and determined he had died from drowning.
  