RedactedNarrative: On june 16, 2022 at 5:18 p.m. indiana conservation officer (ico) dispatch got a call for a water rescue at salt creek boat ramp on monroe reservoir. Ico dispatched advised that the call came from subject1 who was in a boat saying grandma was in the water screaming for help with no life jacket and she could no longer see or hear her. 
  
  Subject2 was rescued by a fisherman passing by. Monroe county dispatch pinged the cell phone and got the location at hardin ridge cove. Subject2 said her husband was also in the water but nowhere to be found. Ico, monroe sheriff department, monroe dive team, indiana state police, and perry clear creek fire department started to look for victim using sonar and divers to search for him. Subject2 and subject1 were transported back by perry clear creek fire department back to salt creek boat ramp to be checked out by ems. Subject2 and subject1 were cleared and released by ems.
  
  Ico interviewed subject2 and subject1 about the situation. Subject2 said that she was getting out of the boat into the water to cool off. She slipped on the ladder and hurt her foot. She said she started to struggle when victim jumped into the water to help her. 
  
  Subject2 said victim was a strong swimmer but started to struggle himself. Subject2 said it took about 5 minutes had passed when victim went under the water and never came back up. She said the boat was floating away with her granddaughter (subject1) on it. 
  
  Subject2 was screaming for help but there was no one around to hear her. She said that a fishing boat about 30 minutes later saw her struggling in the water. Subject3, the driver of the fishing boat, came to her aid and grabbed her out of the water. Subject2 said that victim was wearing camo jean shorts with sandals on when he jumped in to save her. Subject1 said she tried to start the boat, but it would not start so she decided to call 911.
  
  Indiana state police had inventoried the boat and there was no alcohol or drugs on board of the boat. 
  Subject3 and subject2 gave the approximate location of all of this. Divers continued to search for victim before calling off the search at 10:22 p.m on june 16, 2022.
  
  The search for victim continued on june 17, 2022 at 7:45 a.m. icos searched for victim using sonar, remotely operated under water vehicle, and divers to search for victim through out the day. Victim was found on june 17, 2022 at 4:56 p.m. in 30 feet of water. Victim was recovered at 5:20 p.m. he was found wearing camo jean shorts with one sandal. Victim was released to the coroner at 6:04 p.m.
  
  I called and talked to subject3 on june 24,2022 about what he witnessed. Subject3 said he was trolling in his boat when he heard subject2 screaming for help and waving his arms. Subject3 said he was about 100 yards away. He said there was another boat trying to help but could not get close enough without the wind blowing them away. 
  
  Subject3 said he threw subject2 a type iv throwable. Subject3 said he had a ladder on his boat, so he was able to get subject2 in his boat. Subject2 told him that her granddaughter (subject1) was still on her boat, and it had floated into the cove. Subject3 took subject2 to her boat to pick up her granddaughter. Subject3 then took both subject2 and subject1 out of the cove so the first responders could find them. Subject3 was able to describe the weather as mild wind, hot and sunny, with little current.