RedactedNarrative: At approximately 1145 hours on March 22, 2022, I, Game Warden, was notified by Putnam County Sheriff's Office of a possible drowning on Lake Sinclair close to Putnam Beach. Once I arrived on scene, I was informed that it was a boating incident and that a male victim was in the water and had not resurfaced. I was able to secure the boat, a 1999 Carolina Skiff 20 foot and off-white in color, at Putnam Beach boat ramp. 
  
  	After securing the vessel, I spoke with the daughter of the victim, who was on the boat when the incident occurred. Her witness statement is attached to this report. Daughter stated that her and her father, who was operating the vessel, were traveling north on the lake and struck an object in the water and her father was thrown from the vessel. She stated she tried to drive the vessel to him but was not able to. She then jumped in the water and swam to him, but he was pulling her under and she couldn't hold on to him. She stated he was not able to swim and was not wearing a PFD. She then swam to shore and called 911. 
  	Game wardens searched the area for the remainder of the day utilizing sonar, side scan and the ROV with no success. Later that night, Sgt. was able to access the GPS on the victim's boat and provided the exact GPS coordinates of where the boat struck an object due to a hard left turn that was recorded on the GPS. On March 23rd, Sgt. and I waited until the rain cleared and began searching the area where the boat struck an object in the water. The victim was located on side scan sonar approximately 40 yards from those GPS coordinates and recovered utilizing a body drag. I notified the family immediately after. The body of the victim was turned over to Putnam County Coroner's Office.
  