RedactedNarrative: Little is known about this incident which is being investigated by N.O.P.D. as a homicide. According to Operator, he, Victim, and a dog left South Shore Harbor in a 1980 40' C&C sailboat "Good Humour" (Vessel 1) at approx. noon and headed approx. a mile out of the harbor in a northerly direction under motor power. 
  
  At approx. 2:30pm, while Vessel 1 was adrift both subjects entered the water for the purpose of swimming. Vessel 1 drifted away and neither Victim nor Operator was able to re-board it. According to U.S.C.G. records, at approx. 4:42pm U.S.C.G. New Orleans received notification from a boater that Vessel 1 was adrift in Lake Pontchartrain near Pontchartrain Beach with the swim ladder down, an orange rope attached to the stern in the water, and unoccupied. 
  
  She later advised that another boater had boarded Vessel 1 and deployed its anchor. Agents found Vessel 1 at anchor at N 30 02.505' W090 04.214. On 08/06/2018, at approx. 7:04 AM Operator was rescued by U.S.C.G. from Lake Pontchartrain at approx. N30 03 W090 05.100. On 08/07/2018 at approx. 7:49pm Victim's body was recovered from Lake Pontchartrain approx. 1 mile north of Lakeshore Drive at approx. N30 02.496' W090 04.722 by the New Orleans Police Dept who at the time are investigating the incident as a homicide. 
  
  During the interview Operator stated that he and Victim had split a "Bloody Mary" prior to swimming in Lake Pontchartrain. A PFD of unknown size or type was reported floating in Lake Pontchartrain in the vicinity of Vessel 1, however, Operator was not wearing a PFD at the time of his rescue, and Victim was not wearing a PFD at the time she was recovered.
   After the NOPD completed its investigation it was concluded this accident was not a homicide but the cause of death was due to drowning.