RedactedNarrative: Subject reported a vessel adrift, partially submerged and unmanned to USCG on Aug 4, 2014 at approximately 1427 hours and took pictures of the vessel. He reported the vessel was riding low in the water. Subject reported that all hatches were closed, the sail was half way up, outboard engine tilted up, dive ladder secured and the anchor was in the anchor pulpit. He further stated the water conditions were too rough for him to board the vessel. 
  
  He reported the GPS coordinates of Latitude N 25’03.0, Longitude W 80’15.0 to USCG and left the area before USCG arrived. USCG arrived at the coordinates at approximately 1503 hours and no vessel was found. USCG continued the search utilizing air and sea assets with negative results. 
  
  During the time of this incident, there were reports of severe inclement weather in the area producing heavy rain, lightning and winds up to 25 mph. Subject2 stated it was the most violent storm he had encountered in his 42 years as a licensed captain. He reports there was severe wind, lightning, rain and nearby water spout with near zero visibility. He stated the storm was considerably worse in the area than how the National Weather Service predicted and then reported it later. 
  
  On Aug. 4, 2014 at approximately 1530 hrs, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy responded to a residence with a resident at the trailer park. He was able to confirm that Victim went out to the reef on his vessel that morning and resident had not heard from him since. Dep. also spoke with Victim’s mother who also stated that Victim had gone out on his sailboat that morning. 
  
  FWC was informed of the incident on August 5, 2014 at approximately 1025 hours. FWC Officers responded to USCG station Islamorada along with Investigator in reference to this missing person. They were updated on USCG’s ongoing search and rescue operation. Officer got in touch with Subject and obtained a statement from him. 
  
  Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) began a missing person investigation on Aug. 5, 2014 headed by Detective. MCSO Dep contacted AT&T in order to track Victim’s cell phone. He was advised that a GPS fix could not be obtained indicating a lack of service or power to the cell phone. 
  
  On Aug. 6, 2014, USCG advised that their search and rescue was still ongoing. Based on information gathered to date, it was believed that the S/V Jubilee may have completely sunk. 
  
  A local dive team located the vessel Jubilee, completely submerged in 309 feet of water. On September 21, 2014, two technical divers dove the wreck. They pried the forward hatch open and discovered human remains. The divers saw a foot in a sandal and clipped a small tissue sample from the toe. Video footage was made of the dive clearly identifying the vessel as the S/V Jubilee and showing the portion of human remains seen by the divers. 
  
  The tissue sample was bagged and then brought to the surface where Officer took possession. Officer transported the sample to Monroe County Medical Examiner. The Medical Examiner’s Office submitted the specimen to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for analysis.