RedactedNarrative: On 1/17/2014 around 1425 I received a call of a vessel a drift near the mouth of Paint Creek. While still in route I was called and advised that a victim had been located and was deceased. Once on the scene I was met by Coosa Co Deputies, the Coosa Co Coroner arrived shortly after me. We made our way over to the victim who was along the bank about 30 yards from the vessel. Once the victim was turned over we could see cut marks across his face that appeared to be prop cuts. One cut over the victims right eye was deep into the skull.
  
  On 1/21/2014 I was able to follow up by obtaining information off the PFD victim was wearing. No autopsy was performed on the victim due to the trauma to the face and head. I also spoke with victim's son who stated his father who was avid boater and fisherman did have a heart condition. No further investigation need at this time.
  
  07082014 - Ofc provided this additional narrative: . I received a call of a boat had washed ashore on an island near the mouth of paint creek. The caller advised it had fishing gear and a tackle bag with a hand gun in it. Knowing this did not sound right, I responded. While in route I was called back and told that a body had been located near the boat. After getting the victim to the nearest shore line and could safely remove him from the water we rolled him over and he had obvious prop cuts across his forehead.  When I was able to get the boat to the shore, I did a check of the 14 ft open hull boat with a pull start tiller steer 25 hp motor which was still in gear. With the wounds found on victim and boat run aground still in gear the evidence points to the most likely reason the victim fell in the water was pull starting the motor while in gear. But with no witnesses and the size and age of victim I really don’t know what caused him to fall out of the boat.