RedactedNarrative: On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, Operator launched his borrowed vessel from Cookeville Boat Dock Center Hill Lake.  He did not return home the night of the 28th.  Friends begin to worry and question on the morning of Wednesday the 29th.  His vehicle and boat trailer were found still parked in the parking lot of Cookeville Boat Dock.  
  
  A friend asked a dock hand to help him take a boat out and start a search.  TWRA was notified on Wednesday the 29th at approximately 10:50 a.m.  TWRA launched three vessels along with Dekalb County Rescue''s two vessels in search of the missing boater.  Shortly after the search, Subject1, found his boat in the very back of an un-named creek, North East of Davies Island in Dekalb County.  Officers responded to the boat location.  
  
  On first contact, I quickly observed that the vessel was empty of any occupants and that the trolling motor was down in the water as was the 200-horsepower engine.  Upon boarding the vessel, I observed a Garmin GPS fishing unit was on at the trolling motor location of the bow of the vessel.  I navigated the Garmin unit to save the current tracks.  Officers towed the vessel to a secure area at Cookeville Dock to be thoroughly documented for any evidence.  A complete property inventory was completed by Officers.  Upon inventory of the vessel, a twelve pack of beer (Michelob Ultra) was found with ice in a compartment with six cans missing.
  
  Capt. and I performed a forensic investigation on the equipped Garmin GPS device.  We were able to quickly find the time Operator entered the cove where the vessel was found and determine the vessel had been there since 04/28/2020 at approximately 17:30 until we retrieved the vessel.  It could also be determined from the device a very specific area where and when his vessel went adrift.
  We strategized a plan of utilizing the obtained data with the deployment of the ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) in the know area.  After moments of deployment the victim was quickly found in the  approximately eight feet of water, near the back of the cove where the vessel was located.  TWRA notified the rescue squad to assist in bring the victim to surface and requested a medical examiner to be on scene during the body recovery.  The body was recovered at 17:31.
  