RedactedNarrative: On May 2, 2020 at approximately 1432 hours I received a report of a possible drowning at Tuttle Creek Reservoir near the ORV Park. I responded to that location and arrived at approximately 1500 hours. I made contact with Riley County Police Department personnel who were on scene prior to my arrival. It was learned that two subjects in kayaks paddled east out into the main body of the lake and only one returned back to shore. Myself and Riley County Officers conducted interviews with individuals who were on scene when the incident occurred.  
  
  On May 2, 2020 at approximately 1300 hours Subject1 and Operator were paddling across Tuttle Creek Reservoir in individual kayaks. Subjects departed the shoreline near Tuttle Creek ORV park and paddled east towards the opposite shoreline. Subject1 stated he was a little past halfway across the lake when he noticed Operator was no longer behind him. Subject1 stated he thought Operator had turned back so he did not think anything of it and continued across the lake. Once Subject1 reached the east shoreline, he called his friends who remained on the west shoreline, and that is when he discovered Operator had not returned to shore. Subject1 then paddled back across the lake but was unable to locate Operator. Riley county dispatch received the 911 call at 1407 hours. 
  
  Subject2 was part of the group who were located on the west shoreline. Subject2 stated he witnessed both Subject1 and Operator reach approximately halfway across the lake. Subject2 stated he was no longer able to see the subjects clearly at that point, however they both appeared to be proceeding as planned across the lake. Ten to fifteen minutes later Subject2 noticed the teal green kayak operator was using appeared to be several hundred yards off course and possibly overturned. The subjects on shore tried to keep track of the kayak as it floated into a cove to the south until emergency personnel arrived on scene.
  
  Subject3 stated he had seen the empty kayak floating towards the cove to the south of his position. Subject3 decided to walk to the cove and located the kayak Operator was using, along with a pair of flip flops that belonged to Operator. The kayak was floating upside-down in the water. Subject3 stated the flip flops were located approximately ten feet from the kayak. Subject3 pulled the kayak out of the water and left it on the shore in the cove. 
  
  At approximately 2030 hours Operator was found deceased and was recovered from the water. Operator was transported to the Fancy Creek boat ramp. Operator was recovered wearing riding pants, no shirt, and no PFD. The coroner arrived and pronounced time of death at 2200 hours. The coroner took a toxicology sample; however, an autopsy was not requested. 
  
  On May 2, 2020 Riley county officers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rangers removed the kayak from the scene. On May 12, 2020 I took possession of the kayak and secured it as evidence. I observed the kayak to be a teal in color SunDolphin Aruba 10. This kayak model is 115 inches in length and 29 inches wide with a weight capacity of 250 pounds. I observed no visible damage to the kayak''s hull that would result in vessel failure.
  