RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 was a 16' Xpress, powered by a 40 HP Yamaha motor that was controlled by remote steering, vessel.  
  
  The operator was traveling West in a wooded area on the North side of Chicot State Park Lake and wedged Vessel 1 between two (2) trees at a low rate of speed.  It appears that he put Vessel 1 in neutral but left it running, took off his type 3 PFD with an attached Kill switch, emptied his pockets (cell phone/medication/wallet).  Agents know at some point he used a paddle within vessel 1 in attempt to aid in getting vessel 1 unstuck due to transfer marks on the paddle.  Agents also know that he removed the items from his pockets at some point possibly to avoid getting the items on his person wet.  Agents are not sure how he ended up in the water but at some point he entered the water for unknown reasons and according to the Coroners report he drowned.  No autopsy was complete.