RedactedNarrative: On 10/2/2022 I, responded to assist with a search for a missing kayaker.  At 2244 on 10/1/22 agencies responded to the same area for a report of a women yelling for help.  When Officers arrived they found two people on the beach.  
   
  	She and her boyfriend had gone out on two kayaks at approximately 2130 intending to fish around the eastern most jetty of Roger Wheeler state beach.  At this time both kayaks were tied side by side and they each had 1/2 of the kayak paddle.  They also had a home made trolling motor that Subject1 had built using a cordless drill.   
  
  She said at 2204 they were about 20 yards past the jetty when Subject1's kayak started taking on water and sank.  She told him to start swimming to the jetty and she would follow in the kayak.  At this time the two kayaks were still tied together and with Subject1's swamped and her only having 1/2 a paddle making way be came difficult.  
  
  She said Subject1, who was not a strong swimmer and wearing a set of heavy coveralls, jacket, and rubber boots started to struggle.  She left her kayak and tried to swim Subject1 to shore, they were both yelling for help.  She believes he lost consciousness, and at some point she had to let him go.  She said he sank fast and the last she saw him he had white foam around his moth.  
  
  Subject2 was able to make it to shore where she was met by her daughter who had heard Subject2 and Subject1 yelling for help.  They called 911 from phone and waited for first responders.
  
  Narragansett Police and Fire arrived at approximately 2245 and started a  shore search of the area.  The Narragansett Bay Marine Task Force and USCG launched boats, and a USCG helicopter was dispatched.  At approximately 0200 the two kayaks were located and recovered by a coast guard boat outside the west gap of the Harbor Refuge.  At 0230 the search was suspended due to poor weather conditions.  
  
  At 1100 Officer and I met with USCG BM1 and took custody of the two kayaks they had recovered. When they were located they were still tied together and the yellow kayak (K1) was submerged:
  
  K1 was a 8.6' yellow Adventure Future Beach, inside was found a butane torch, 3 empty fireball whiskey nips, fishing pole, two boots.  I noted the rear drain plug was not in and there was damage to the port side of the molded keel consisting of two fresh parallel gashes through the hull approximately 4" long and 1.5 inches apart and scratches.  
  
  K2 was a 8.6' green Adventure Future Beach, inside was located a pink dry bag 
  containing 2 nips (1 fireball and one Dr McGillicuddy's)  white sweater,  cell phone.  I noted the rear drain  plug was not in and there was damage to the port side of the molded keel consisting of two fresh parallel gashes through the hull 	approximately 4" long and 1.5 inches apart and scratches. 
  
  It was later determined that the damage to both boats keels was sustained during the recovery of the kayaks and was not related to the incident.  The kayaks and related equipment was secured in the DLE evidence warehouse.   
  
  On 10/4/2022 DLE was notified that a body had been located on the beach along Stanton Ave, I along with Sgt. responded.  When I arrived Sgt. and NPD officers were on scene with Subject2.  I walked on to the beach and observed a male subject in black coveralls on the sand near where Subject1 and Subject2 had launched on 10/1.  The male had been located by a passing fisherman and pronounced dead by Narragansett EMS.  I did not observe any obvious or unusual trauma outside of what would be expected of a body that had been in the water for 48 hours.  I brought Subject1's mother, sister, and Subject2 down the beach to positively identify him.  ME Investigator arrived and took custody of Subject1's remains.  
  
  Nothing further to report.