RedactedNarrative: On May 29, 2021 at approximately 0630 hours, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit Responded to Lake Barton in reference to a missing paddle boarder.  Upon my arrival I met with patrol deputies, who had already met with witnesses. I learned the following: The victim and a group of his friends, whom are from out of town decided to take a vacation together and rent an Air B&B for the holiday weekend. The house they are staying at is on Lake Barton and has lake accesses through the backyard. The house has paddle boards and a paddle boat they could use during their stay. 
  
  At approximately 0130 hours, the victim and two of his friends decided to go out on the lake and meditate, because it was a full moon and calm night. They each took a paddle board and went out in the water as a group. They began to separate and lose sight of each other the further they went out, but could still talk/yell to each other. While they were out meditating, They heard a splash in the water. They began calling each other’s name out to check on each other. There was no response from the victim, Victim. They were able to locate the paddle board Victim was using, but no signs of Victim. After a brief search on the water, They felt helpless and headed to shore while continuing to call out to Victim. Once on shore they called 911 and reported the incident.
  
  At approximately 0245 hours Orange County Fire/Rescue responded to the scene and used their boat to search for the victim. O.C.S.O CHASE helicopter also responded to the scene to search for the victim. At Approximately 0630 hours O.C.S.O Marine unit responded to the scene and began using their side scan sonar to search the area for the victim. The search area had dense aquatic weeds from the shore line, to approximately 100 yards out. The main search area was on the south/east side of the shore line, approximately 0-400 yards out (from 28.548050/-81.318081 due north/east to 28.554046/-81.312930 working south to north and east to west. The victims paddle board was recovered drifting near the east shore line.
  
  On May 30, 2021 and approximately 1555 hours the victim’s body was found floating near the south/ east shore line within the search grid. Due to the high density of aquatic weeds, the victim’s body was not detected using side scan sonar. The victim’s legs had a large amount of weeds wrapped around them. 
  O.C.S.O Forensics and Homicide responded to the scene along with the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office. Photos were taken of the scene. The victim’s body was the turned over to the medical Examiner’s Office.
  This death was determined to be an Accidental Drowning by the Medical Examiner’s Office. No further investigations will be conducted.  
   
  Drowning due to falling into water (aquatic weeds may have impacted the victims ability to swim to the surface).