RedactedNarrative: On may 25th, 2019 at approximately 1758 hours i, indiana conservation officer responded to 2100 south white river parkway east drive in indianapolis on a possible drowning.  Once on scene, i assisted subject4 with retrieving a green canoe and paddle out of the white river just south of the 16th st. Dam. Shortly after, i met up with impd and members of tac 14 at the indy lakes boat ramp which is located directly west of riverside park. While at the boat ramp, i observed a female speaking with first responders. Subject stated that she told her fiancé that she was ready to leave indy lakes boat ramp and soon after, she walked over to their white van and sat in the passenger's seat. then stated that she got out of the van and observed operator paddling downstream in their green canoe. The canoe was later identified as a green rogue river 14tk.  Subject stated that there were two orange lifejackets inside the canoe and that operator knew how to swim. Subject also stated that operator had been drinking prior to going out on the water.     
  	a short time later, two witness were downstream of the lake indy boat ramp roughly ½ mile at a 2nd parking lot hanging out near the water's edge.  Both witnesses stated that they had their backs towards the water taking a selfie on their phone when they observed an overturned canoe in the reflection of their camera screen.  At that time, both witnesses turned around and stated that they saw a green canoe flipped over and floating downstream. They then stated that they observed a subject near the canoe looking as if he was trying to swim. Both witnesses stated that operator was not panicking or yelling for help but looked rather calm. They then observed operator disappear under the water and stated that they did not see him after that. Both witnesses took first responders to the last seen point where they saw operator go under. Subject4 deployed a zodiac with sonar and started searching in the area where the last seen point was. Subject4 was unable to locate any objects under the water's surface and cancelled the search due to darkness.  The van and green canoe were both released.
  
  	on may 26th, 2019 the search continued on the white river with subject4 searching downstream of the last seen point with indiana conservation officer's concentrating on the last seen point using advanced sonar. We did not locate any objects under the water and subject4 did not observe operator floating on the surface of the water or washed up against the banks. We continued our search efforts concentrating downstream of the last seen point through the morning of june 2, 2019. 
  	on the afternoon of june 2, 2019 a witness was walking along a trail next to the white river in morgan county when he smelled a foul odor coming from the water's edge. Subject5 continued to investigate the odor and he eventually observed what looked like a human body floating at the surface of the water. Subject5 saw the arms and legs in a rigor mortis state. The body was located north of state road 144 and west of state road 37 in morgan county. Morgan county sheriff's office was contacted along with indiana conservation officers which responded to the scene. It was confirmed that a body was floating at the surface of the water. Chief deputy of the morgan county coroner's office responded as well but was unable to identify the subject due to the state of decomposition.  An autopsy was performed by chief deputy and it was confirmed that the deceased victim was operator. Chief deputy also confirmed that the cause of death was a drowning.
  