RedactedNarrative: On 06/27/21 I, CPO was informed by ISP dispatch of a kayaker that had gone missing on Rock Creek near Camp Shaw at the Kankakee River State Park.
   
  I arrived at Camp Shaw and met with Manteno Fire, Aroma Park Fire, and Kankakee County Sheriff Deputys at approximately 8:08 PM. Once I arrived, I was informed that 3 kayakers in total had launched their inflatable kayaks from the Rock Creek parking lot off of 5000 W Rd. a short time before our arrival. 
  
  The three kayakers had been floating downstream from where they launched when all 3 kayaker''s flipped out of their kayaks near the Camp Shaw property. When Subject1 and Subject2 resurfaced, they gathered Operator's small dog and her kayak paddle. They last saw Operator standing on the bank of Rock Creek with her kayak. A short time later, Subject1 and Subject2 lost sight of Operator and began to think that she may have reentered the water and disappeared. At this time, Subject1 and Subject2 walked into Camp Shaw and asked for help because neither of them had their cell phones on them during their kayak trip. Camp Shaw staff contacted emergency personnel and everyone arrived a short time later and began searching the area.
   
  County deputies attempted to check the area with a drone but due to the foliage and low light they were unsuccessful. Myself and others began searching the shore on both sides of where she was last spotted.
   
  Almost 2 hours after our arrival, all emergency staff were informed that Operator had been located in the park and was returning to where all emergency staff was located. Operator was cleared and released by medical staff on scene.
   
  Once CPO arrived on scene, I walked with Subject2, Subject1, and Camp Shaw staff to recover their inflatable kayaks that they left on the shore earlier. Once at the kayaks it was determined that neither Subject2 nor Subject1 had a PFD on board while they were kayaking (see attached photos). Both kayaks also contained bags and coolers of full and empty alcoholic beverages. At this time Subject2 and Subject1 both admitted that neither of them had a PFD and that all 3 had been drinking before and during their kayak trip. Subject2 was able to recover Operator''s paddle and her small dog while he was still in the creek but not her kayak. I escorted Subject2 and Subject1 back to the parking lot and myself and CPO interviewed all 3 suspects individually.
   
  During my interview, Operator said that all 3 kayaker''s started drinking vodka and beer while in the Rock Creek parking lot and continued drinking for the duration of the trip. When asked, Operator said she fell out of her kayak at the same time as Subject2 and Subject1. Operator said she lost her paddle and thought that the others had gone missing. Operator exited the creek before the waterfall and began walking through Camp Shaw before getting a ride by a random passerby to the suspension bridge where she was found. Operator said that she was the only one with a PFD. Subject2 and Subject1 confirmed this, but we were unable to confirm or deny this because her PFD and inflatable kayak were never recovered. Operator said that they were planning on floating Rock Creek to the Kankakee River and continuing to the Warner Bridge launch.
   
  CPO interviewed Subject1 and Subject2 and they both confirmed him that they had been drinking while on state park property and that neither had a PFD while kayaking. Subject1 informed CPO that they weren''t really thinking about "water levels" when they decided to launch despite the above average rainfall the area has received during recent weeks. When Subject1 was asked why they did not have PFD''s, he said "his dad offered to meet them with life-jackets in Monee because of the amount of rain the area has gotten lately". Subject1 said he told his dad ...
  