RedactedNarrative: On June 26, 2016 I received a call from Jefferson Co Sheriff Deputy Sgt. about a possible missing boater.  Subject had contacted Jefferson Co Dispatch about the incident. Wildlife officer and myself left the Harmony Community in Washington Co TN and drove to Duoperatory Rd in Greene Co to get a TWRA patrol vehicle and boat.  
  
  Officer changed into a uniform and we then drove to Walter''s Bridge Access Area on Douglas Lake in Cocke Co. On the way I made phone contact with Subject about the incident. Over the phone Subject stated that he had went on a boat ride with Operator and "went to sleep."  When he awoke Operator was missing.  Subject stated that he had jumped in the water to look for him.  Subject then climbed back in the boat and returned to AJ''s Bar and Grill adjacent to Walter''s Bridge Access Area.  When he arrived at AJ''s he then called 911 and made contact with Cocke Co. Dispatch.  Subject was advised to call Jefferson Co about the incident.  He returned home before calling Jefferson Co.
  
  Upon our arrival I made contact with Deputy.  I found a Bass Tracker boat belonging to Operator beached behind AJ''s. We also found Lan''s F-150 and trailer at Walter''s Bridge Access Area. TWRA Officers arrived on the scene and helped inventory the boat.  Among the items in the boat was a pair of shoes, underwear, Miller Lite, and Bud Light beer 12 packs.  There were 5 empty Miller bottles in the boat. Subject later admitted to drinking them.  
  
   Deputy had gotten a written statement from Subject before my arrival.  Deputy and I went back and spoke with Subject again.  He didn''t have anything else to add to his previous statement.  Subject had been drinking when I talked to him.  Later that evening I met with JCSD Detective  and CCSD Detective.  Both agencies opened investigations.  I was advised by TWRA Capt. that TWRA was in an assist mode until investigations by the Sheriff Depts. were completed.
  
  Based on the investigation Operator and Subject met at the Back Way Inn, a bar in Newport, Tn. on Saturday night June 25,2016.  Both men were drinking and had spent the night there.  Around 10:00 June 26 Operator had went home and got his boat. Security video showed Operator with a handgun on his side when he was at home.   About 12:00 Operator made phone contact with Subject and they met at AJ''s between 12:00 and 12:30.  Between 12:30 and 13:00 they left the bar by boat.  
  
  Subject returned to AJ''s about 15:30 and called Cocke Co.Dispatch to report Operator missing about 15:40.  Subject went home and called Jefferson Co Dispatch at 17:22.  Subject said he was unsure of the location but thought they had been near Indian Creek on Douglas.  Subject was reinterviewed at JCSD by Detectives and me on Tuesday June 28 and remembered seeing a commerical boat dock with a red roof.  He also remembered hearing sirens.  JCSD responded to an accident involving a motorcycle about 13:30-13:45 on Indian Creek Rd  June 26, 2016.  Subject stated he was unfamiliar with the lake and stopped another boat to get directions back to Walters Bridge.  When asked about throttle position Subject stated that when he started back the key was off and the throttle was in neutral.  Operator was known to carry a 9mm handgun at all times.  
  
  On June 30,2016 I received a call from Det. as well as TWRA Dispatch that a body had been found floating near Indian Creek by a fisherman.  TWRA Officer and Sgt were notified and met Jefferson Co. Det. and Cocke Co. Dets. at Swann''s Marina on Douglas Lake.  The body that of a male and was nude.  The body was taken to the Knox Co. Regional Forensic Center for identification and autopsy.