RedactedNarrative: On june 28th, 2020 at approximately 10:30 am subject jumped off the front of a 2012 22-foot bennington pontoon boat that was a drifting south out of beaverdam creek near marker m2 on lake norman.  There was a total of 10 occupants onboard the vessel including subject.  Subject entered the water with subject2 and swam for a short period.  The boat drifted away from where they were and no one on the boat could operate the vessel to get back over to subject.  The occupants of the vessel attempted to throw a tube to subject, but they were unsuccessful. Subject3 entered the water to assist subject.  Subject had gone under the water at this point.   A search endured from law enforcement and rescue agencies.  On july 3rd, 2020 subject was recovered in the area of his disappearance.  An autopsy was performed by the state medical examiner''s office on july 6th, 2020.  The preliminary autopsy showed subject had impairing substances (drugs and alcohol) in his system.  The autopsy ruled the cause of death as a drowning.