RedactedNarrative: On 07/30/2019 at aprox 1645 hours I, Game Warden for KDWPT was notified by Russell County Dispatch of a missing Kayaker on Wilson Lake near Minooka Point. I responded to the area where I found a pontoon located at the center boat ramp. This vessel was occupied by several people. They told me that a friend of theirs was kayaking with them. They had drifted across the lake from the middle Minooka ramp to the north side of the lake. 
  When they returned Victim got out in front of them. The female and child flipped their kayak and Subject returned to help them. By the time Subject found the paddle and got the female''s kayak empty of water they could no longer see Victim. They said they thought he made it across. A short while later a pontoon came over to them pulling Victim''s kayak and they got on board the pontoon. After searching for awhile they returned to the center Minooka ramp and called 911. I left the boat ramp and got on my patrol boat. I searched the immediate area finding nothing of interest. A short while later the pontoon operator showed us the approximate location of where he thought they found the kayak. I marked that spot with a waypoint on my GPS along with a marker buoy. 
  At this point myself and the USACE boat made a plan to begin grid searching using side scan sonar. a little while later a shore search party found what were to be believed as Victim''s shoes and the paddle for the kayak, along with a piece of flotation Styrofoam from inside the kayak. Efforts with side scan sonar resumed until approx 2300 hours that night.  For the next 2 days (July 31 and Aug 1) search efforts were put forth using 3 Boats equipped with side scan sonar, drones, planes, and a diver. there were also people on shore searching.
   On the morning of August 2 at approximately 0845 hours a body believed to be Victim was found floating near Duvall Cove which is approximately 2 miles west of the search area. the Body was recovered and transported to the Lucas Park Boat Ramp, where the coroner pronounced the body dead at 0915. The Russell County Sheriff''s office took custody of the body and it was transported for an autopsy for cause of death, Identification and toxicology.
  
  The victim had been drinking.  Water conditions were rough and winds strong.