RedactedNarrative: I, Game Warden, was notified per my chain of command of a vessel accident with fatality that occurred on Lake Tahoe on 07/18/2022. I contacted Douglas County Sheriffs Office (DCSO) Deputy, who was the responding officer. Deputy1 provided me with a copy of his police report (see attachment “DCSO report”) and a copy of the autopsy report (see attachment “Autopsy report”). Deputy1 stated that there was not a Report Beam completed, which is used to provide statistics to United States Coast Guard (USCG). Below is a summary of the information provided by Deputy1 to track the statistic through USCG.
  
  
       On 07/18/2022, Deputy1 was dispatched to a call in Marla Bay of a white female screaming on a white vessel. Upon arrival, Deputy1 identified the screaming female. Subject1 relayed to Deputy1 that her husband fell overboard into the water and has not resurfaced. Deputy1 updated DCSO Dispatch of the event and South Lake Tahoe PD and Tahoe Douglas County Fire responded to assist. 
  
       South Lake Tahoe Fire Department assisted and later located Victim in 15-20 feet of water near buoy E6 in Marla Bay. Victim was recovered at approximately 1711 hours. Life saving measures were performed by South Lake Tahoe Fire Department personal. Life saving measures were unsuccessful, time of death was pronounced at 1717 hours.
  
       Deputy1 cleared from the scene and conducted follow up with Subject1. Deputy1 learned the following:
  
  “Subject1 and Victim departed the Tahoe Keys Marina, in South Lake Tahoe, after dropping off their son and his two children in the afternoon of July 18, 2022. Victim navigated the vessel, with Subject1 on board, to Marla Bay, Nevada, in order to connect their vessel to mooring buoy E6. Victim attempted to
  retrieve a rope, attached to buoy E6, from the rear of their vessel, utilizing a pole with a hook on the end. Subject1 was sitting in the vessel, facing the rear of the vessel, while Victim attempted to retrieve the rope. Victim was kneeling down on the back deck of their vessel prior to falling in the lake. Subject1 was unable to reach Victim in time to rescue him. Subject1 was able to retrieve the pole with hook, and bring it back on board the vessel. Subject1 told me Victim was unable to swim towards the surface of the water after falling in from the vessel. The weather was unfavorable at the time Victim attempted to attach his vessel to mooring buoy. Winds originated from the south west at 10-15 miles per hour and wave heights were more than one foot high.”
  