RedactedNarrative: On August 10, 2017 at approximately 2330 hours, a vessel, VA 7054 BS, was underwary in Carter Creek, Lancaster County. 
  
  The vessel was a 1999 Boston Whaler. The operator of the vessel and the positions of the passengers are unknown.   At some point it appears by the evidence that the vessel, while on plane, struck a the corner of bulkhead and ramped over. 
  
  Victim was ejected from the vessel and landed in the water. Operator was thrown to the deck but remained inside the vessel. According to Operator's statement, once the vessel came to rest, he reached up and put the throttle into neutral. He discovered Victim missing but left the scene and returned to his residence. Operator put the vessel back on the boat lift and Operator then went inside to bed.  Victim's body was discovered the next day floating in the water at the location where the vessel struck the bulkhead. 
  
  Lancaster County Sheriff's Office contacted DGIF to assist in body recovery as at this time there was no reason to believe that there was a vessel involved nor that there was an accident.  
  
  Approximately three days later Lancaster Sheriff's Office notified DGIF that there might have been a boat accident associated with the incident and that they had located a vessel possibly involved. DGIF was asked by Lancaster to perform a boat accident reconstruction report if possible. An investigation was opened and the findings were turned over to Lancaster Sheriff's Office as they were the primary agency investigating.
  