RedactedNarrative: On March 9th, 2015, at 18:28 hours, I, Ranger First Class was notified by Corporal of a possible double fatality incident on Still Branch Reservoir in Pike County. 
  
  	two individuals had located an abandoned vessel on the eastern bank of the reservoir.  The two individuals said that the rear trolling motor was still running and that the fishing poles still had lines in the water when they located it.  At approximately 16:38 hours a body of a toddler not wearing a personal floatation device had been located near the northeast shore of the reservoir.  Cpl. advised me that it was believed that the toddler was out fishing with his father and that the body of the father was still in the lake.  Cpl. also said that Department of Natural Resources Rangers, Pike County Sheriff’s Office personnel, and local fire department members had been looking in the area for the unaccounted for individual throughout the night utilizing body drags from the boats, side scan sonar, and a ground search from the bank of the surrounding area.  
  
  	After the briefing from Cpl., I began photo documenting the abandon vessel, now located in the parking lot of the boat ramp.  While documenting the vessel, I observed that there were not any personal floatation device located anywhere on the vessel.  I also observed two fishing poles in pole holders, a children’s fishing pole, an open bag of potato chips, and a Nesquik chocolate milk drink at the stern of the vessel.  Shortly after I finished documenting the vessel a member of the fire department located a fishing pole floating near the western bank of the lake and the lure that was attached matched a package of lures located in the vessel.   
  
  	At approximately 11:46 hours the DNR sonar team located a possible target of interest, and using a submersible video camera they were able to locate a body.  Operator’s body was located approximately 150 yards southwest of where the abandon vessel had been located.  Operator’s body was recovered at 13:15 hours and carried to shore where I was able to photo document his body and I was able to retrieve a wallet from Operator’s blue jeans positively identifying the victim.
  
  	Based on the evidence and testimony from witnesses the facts show that the two victims were trolling for fish when they both exited the vessel.  With the information I have been able to obtain I cannot with any certainty determine which victim exited the vessel first.  It is apparent that this incident could have been possibly avoided if the victims had been wearing a personal flotation device.  This is a true and accurate statement based on the information from those involved and knowledge acquired through the investigation.  This opinion is based solely on the information given to me at the time and may change upon discovery of new information.
  
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