RedactedNarrative: This report is for a fatal vessel incident.   On Friday the 24th of June 2016, subject had been doing yard work when he decided to take the kayak out at around 1400 to go cruising in Choctawhatchee Bay.  He was last seen heading north around 1500 hrs.   He was reported overdue around 1930 hrs.  Immediate search efforts were unsuccessful.
  
       On Saturday the 25th of June, the kayak and paddle were recovered along the Hwy 331 Causeway.  
  
       On Sunday the 26th of June the body was located and recovered from a location 2.5 miles north of his starting point and 1.9 miles west of HWY 331.   
  
       The Death was ruled a Drowning by the medical examiners office.
  