RedactedNarrative: On 07/24/2021 at approximately 21:15 hours, VT State Police received a report of an unattended vessel drifting on Crystal Lake in Barton, VT. Initial reports were that the vessel was drifting on the lake with the pontoon gate open and engine running. A search of the lake led to the discovery of two bodies. The bodies were found floating, did not show outward signs of injury, and were not wearing life jackets. Initial cause of death for both individuals by the medical examiner was drowning.
  This incident was not witnessed. It is undetermined how or why the two individuals ended up in the water or how they may have succumbed to drowning.