RedactedNarrative: I, Game Warden with The Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, was notified of a missing person on the Chattahoochee River at McGinnis Ferry on 5/25/21 at approximately 0930 hours. Sgt. advised Corporal and I that Forsyth County Sheriff's Office had reports of a missing person on the evening of 5/24/21 at the McGinnis Ferry boat ramp and was searching for the person until 0400 hours of 5/25/21. Sgt. advised us that he had just gotten notified of the incident and that he was going to do an initial investigation with the agencies on scene and then contact us if our support was needed.
  
  Sgt. advised us that the missing person was identified. Victim's wife called Forsyth County Sheriff's Office at approximately 2330 hours and reported Victim as missing. Victim’s wife stated to responding officers that Victim had gotten off work and went to the boat ramp to go fishing at approximately 1800 hours. She had last spoken with him at approximately 1643 hours. She had not heard from him since that time. She tracked his location via cell phone and it last pinged a few hundred yards south of the boat ramp at 1900 hours. At this time the phone had 50% battery life and was going straight to voicemail when attempting to call. She explained to officers that Victim had bought a used kayak this month but had not used it yet. The kayak was new to him. She also stated that Victim had just mounted a battery, solar panel and trolling motor to the kayak and was going to test it out. Water generation reports from Buford Dam state that the dam was generating water down river during the time that Victim was recreating. This information is provided in FCSO report number 2021-051291 which is attached to this report in "other attachments".
  
  Responding agencies advised Cpl. and I that there was currently an overturned kayak in the middle of the river a few hundred yards south of the boat ramp. The kayak was currently being held in place by an anchor attached to the kayak. Upon arriving at the incident location by vessel, it was clear to see the kayak had struck a fixed object beneath the surface. 
  
  The kayak had a large dent and scrape on the bottom side of the vessel that was now facing the surface of the water. The dent was approximately 1 to 1.5 square feet. The water in the river was very clear which made visual sweeps of the river very productive. Cpl. and I conducted visual sweeps and identified deep pockets of the river to be searched with sector scan sonar equipment. While scanning the incident location, Cpl. identified a possible target beneath the surface approximately 10 yards from the overturned kayak. LE investigators on shore with Sgt. used drone camera devices to also confirm the evidence of a promising target. 
  
  John's Creek dive team was called to the scene. The dive team had a lengthy response time. During this time, Game Wardens conducted sweeps of the river and made contact with all boat traffic that was
  