RedactedNarrative: On 8/2/20 at approximately 1737 hours a distress call was transmitted over VHF channel 16 for three missing passengers from a vessel near Joint Bolling Airforce Base.  Police, Fire and Coast Guard assets responded to the location and made contact with Vessel 1 (Wet Dreams) and the eight people on board.   At first, they all told the same sequence of events: that three people had fallen off the boat and were now missing.  A rescue operation was immediately started to include assets from DC Fire/EMS, Alexandria Fire/EMS, DC Metropolitain Police Harbor unit, Prince George's County Marine unit, Park Police air assets, and the United States Coast Guard.  
  
  The eight passengers were relocated to a different location and interviewed separately.  Once separated, the passengers provided differing stories.  One recounted the events as the three decedents were sitting on the transom when a wave from the thunderstorm took them overboard at which point the passengers on board lost sight of them.  
  
  Another recounted that four people from the boat had been swimming when the storm hit and only one person made it back to the boat.  
  
  A third story recounted that the three decedents had simply fallen overboard.  
  
  The length of time that the decedents had been in the water varied as well, ranging from thirty minutes to only a few minutes prior to first responders arriving.  A search area was also provided with some passengers claiming they were as far North as the Washington Channel junction marker off of Giesboro Point and as far South as approximately half a mile North of Capitol Cove Marina on Joint Bolling Airforce Base.  Throughout the interview process, the stories continued to shift and vary, with some of the witnesses being rather evasive and non-compliant.  
  
  A rescue mission was performed by the above listed agencies for approximately two to two and a half hours, at which point it was switched to a recovery mission.  Recovery operations continued well into the night early into the morning of 8/3 including continued air support and side scan sonar searches of the provided area.  The recovery of the first decedent was made early in the afternoon on 8/3, with recovery of the other two occurring early on 8/4.
  
  Further investigation into both the vessel and the operator revealed that the previous owner of the vessel had previously sold the vessel to the operator, New owner.  Prior owner stated that he received fourteen thousand dollars in cash as payment for the vessel, and that he told New owner that he had to get the title and registration transferred to his name.  He also stated that he informed New owner that he needed to pass a boater safety course and to not let anyone ride on the bow or the stern of the boat.
  
  Once the vessel had been purchased, New owner failed to register the vessel to his name, failed to transfer the title and refused to notify the authorities that he was now the owner of the vessel.  An investigation into New owner also revealed that he was not in possession of a boater safety license at the time of the accident.
  