RedactedNarrative: Revised narrative 8/9/18 (summary includes toxicology and medical examiner results).
  
  On sunday june 24, 2018 at approximately 2:16am, a single vessel incident occurred near the sandbar area on lake wylie in mecklenburg county. The vessel was a 21-foot tracker fishing barge pontoon with a 50-horsepower outboard motor. The vessel was owned and being operated by operator. According to the three passengers onboard at the time of the incident, operator stepped away from the steering console and went overboard while the vessel was underway. 
  
  Mecklenburg county communications received an emergency call for assistance at approximately 2:16am. The caller told the dispatcher that an individual had gone overboard the pontoon boat on lake wylie and was missing. The individual who went overboard was the owner and operator of the vessel operator. At the time of the incident, there were four total occupants onboard the vessel.
   
  Wildlife law enforcement officer received a call from the north carolina wildlife resources commission''s communication center at 3:00am.  Officer1 was advised that a boater had gone overboard a vessel and was now missing on lake wylie. Officer1 immediately notified officer 2 and began patrolling to copperhead island boating access area on lake wylie. Officer1 and officer 2 launched a patrol vessel and arrived on scene at approximately 4:40am. Once on scene, Officer1 and Officer2 met two other offficers with the charlotte-mecklenburg police department. Officers were standing by with the victim''s now anchored pontoon boat, as well as, the remaining three occupants of the vessel. Officer1 and Officer2 obtained statements from each witness.
  
  According to all three passengers, they had been anchored on the sandbar area since the afternoon of saturday, 06/23/2018. Each witness stated that they had been drinking. Subject1 stated that he pulled the anchor.  According to Subject1 and Subject2, they began to leave the sandbar between approximately the hours of 12:30am-1:00am. Each witness stated that operator was operating the vessel as he navigated away from the sandbar heading towards southpoint boating access area. Each witness stated that operator stood up and walked away from the steering console while the vessel was underway. They described the vessel as travelling at a slow rate of speed. Subject1 described the vessel as travelling 15-20 miles per hour. Subject1 and Subject2 stated that operator went over the front port (left) side of the vessel, while Subject2 stated that operator went overboard on the back starboard (right) portion of the vessel. Subject1 was seated in a lawn chair on the front starboard (right) side of the vessel at the time of the incident. Subject2 and Subject3 were seated in the rear port (left) side of the vessel at the time of the incident. Subject1 stated that he thought operator was reaching for a rope on the front port (left) side of the boat before he went overboard. 
  
  Subject1 described operator as doing two cart-wheels as he went overboard. Subject2 described that it almost appeared as though operator intentionally went overboard. The witnesses stated that operator was wearing swim trunks and no personal flotation device. Subject1 stated that he killed the throttle on the boat engine after operator went overboard. Subject1 stated that he could briefly see operator swimming from a distance, while Subject2 said she stood up and saw the top of operator head before he went under water. Subject3 dove in the water and searched for operator. Subject1 called 911 for assistance. Subject1 and Subject3 threw out a bow (front) an...
  