RedactedNarrative: ON WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 PM, A VESSEL INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE WYLIE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT WAS NORTHEAST OF THE NC HWY 49 BUSTER BOYD BRIDGE. THE VESSEL WAS A 2004 WHITE AND BLUE, 26'6” SEA RAY BOWRIDER 240 SD. IT IS POWERED BY A GASOLINE INBOARD/OUTBOARD MOTOR. THE BOAT HAD A DUAL CONSOLE AND WAS OWNED BY OPERATOR 1. OPERATOR 1’S BOAT WAS FOUND UNOCCUPIED AROUND 6:00 PM ON JULY 21, 2021, AT COPPERHEAD ISLAND.
   AROUND 10:30 AM ON JULY 21, 2021, OPERATOR 1 DEPARTED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOCKS IN RIVERPOINTE WHERE HE STORED HIS BOAT ON A LIFT.  OPERATOR 1 WENT OVER TO LAKE WYLIE MARINA TO GET FUEL FOR HIS BOAT AS HE WAS EXPECTING COMPANY LATER THAT EVENING. OPERATOR 1'S WIFE AND FAMILY LOST CONTACT WITH HIM SHORTLY AFTER 1:00 PM ON JULY 21, 2021. AT 6:30 PM OPERATOR 1'S BOAT WAS LOCATED UNATTENDED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW (RP). THE SEA RAY WAS WASHED ASHORE ALONG THE ROCKS OF COPPERHEAD ISLAND. UPON FINDING THE BOAT RP CALLED 911. CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHARLOTTE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND BEGAN A MISSING PERSON SEARCH. RP FOUND THE BLUE AND WHITE SEA RAY WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE AND THE IGNITION KEY IN THE OFF POSITION. UPON LOOKING AROUND THE VESSEL A PAIR OF SHORTS WERE LOCATED ON THE FLOOR. INSIDE THE SHORTS WERE OPERATOR 1'S PHONE, WALLET AND KEYS. A FUEL RECEIPT WAS FOUND TIME STAMPED AT 11:04 AM FROM LAKE WYLIE MARINA. CMPD LATER RELEASED THE BOAT TO RP. RP STARTED THE BOAT AND DROVE IT BACK TO THE RIVERPOINTE DOCKS. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, VISIBILITY WAS GOOD, WATER TEMPERATURE WAS 84 DEGREES WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES. CFD SUSPENDED THE SEARCH AT 10:30 PM TO RESUME THE FOLLOWING DAY. NC WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AT 10:30 PM THAT EVENING AND RESPONDED AT 9:00 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING. OPERATOR 1 WAS NOT LOCATED BETWEEN JULY 21 OR 22 OF 2021. ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY JULY 23, 2021 AT 6:40 AM, A FISHERMAN CALLED AUTHORITIES TO REPORT AN UNIDENTIFIED BODY FLOATING. THE BODY WAS JUST EAST OF BUSTER BOYD BRIDGE HWY 49 CHARLOTTE, NC. THE BODY WAS IDENTIFIED AS OPERATOR 1.
   THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME AND WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE AUTOPSY.  NO ONE WAS CHARGED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.
  *****PLEASE NOTE:  WHEN THE RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY IS COMPLETED, THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AT THAT TIME.****************
  
  THE OWNER HAD VOLUNTARILY DEPARTED THE VESSEL TO REFUEL IT.  IT IS NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS INCIDENT AND THE OWNER WAS NOT OPERATING THE VESSEL WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AS HE LEFT THE VESSEL VOLUNTARILY
  