RedactedNarrative: On 6/8/16 at approximately 1030 hours, victim left his residence. He then returned some equipment and purchased a bag of sunflower seeds at the Foodlion in New Bern, located at 3301 Dr M L King Jr Blvd. Surveillance footage showed Victim leaving the store at 1103 hours. Note: one worker at Foodlion stated that she remembered seeing a red kayak affixed to the top of Victim''s Lexus SUV.
   
  It appears that Victim then proceeded to Flanners Beach Recreational area, located at the end of Flanners Beach Rd in New Bern. According to Google Maps, the drive time from the Foodlion on M L King Dr to Flanner Beach would have taken approximately 20 minutes. Note: there is no evidence that Victim made any stops between Foodlion and Flanners Beach. 
   
  It appears that Victim removed the kayak from the top of his SUV in a calm and deliberate fashion, as the blue rope used to tie down the kayak to the top of the vehicle was spooled in a neat oval on the top left side of the SUV. No witnesses reported seeing Victim launch his kayak, or operate it. The manner in which he became separated from the kayak is unclear. 
   
  Later that day at approximately 1610 hours, juvenile found Victim''s kayak semi submerged along the southern shoreline of the Neuse River, approximately 1.2 miles downriver from the main access point of Flanners Beach. 
   
  On 6/10/16, at approximately 1100 hours, commercial fisherman discovered Victim floating face down approximately 300 yards down river from the main access point of Flanners Beach, and approximately 200 yards from shore. 
   
  On 6/11/16, at approximately 1500 hours, subject located a black kayak back rest and a black and white Heritage kayak paddle approximately 0.3 miles down the beach from the main access point of Flanners Beach. 
   
  Victim''s body underwent an autopsy performed by Doctor, in which the death was ruled an accidental drowning. 
   
  After speaking with the family of Victim, it appears that he did not take a PFD with him. After speaking with a meteorologist from the local news station, it was determined that weather most likely did not play a role as there were no storms reported in that area on 6/8/16 between the hours of 1200 and 1610. The meteorologist did note that the wind that day was blowing from the northwest and west. Commercial fisherman stated that he was in the area all day on 6/8/16, and recalled the day as being very calm and mild.
   
  