RedactedNarrative: On 05/23/2019 at 0745 I, Sgt., received a phone call from US Army Corp of Engineers Park Manager.  He told me that subject1 had just come into his office to report that his son went fishing on a boat on Carr Creek Lake the night before, but never returned home.  While we were on the phone, Park Ranger informed us that he had just found a pontoon floating with no one on it, near the Highway 160 fishing pulloff.  
  
  I told Subject that I would be enroute to the lake to assist.  Subject called KSP Dispatch a few minutes later to let them know that Ranger had just located a body floating the lake, directly across the lake from the pontoon.  KSP dispatch also notified the Knott County Coroner.  I arrived at Carr Creek Lake at 0829 and met the Coroner so we could board our patrol boat.  We found Victim floating facedown against a fallen tree in the water. He was on the side of the lake opposite of Highway 160.  I noted that he was wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans and shoes.  I did not see any injury marks anywhere on him.  Next, we examined his pontoon, which was floating near the bank, just up from the Highway 160 pull off.  The front gate of the vessel was open and Victim's crutches were on board the boat.  I did not see anything that indicated any type of vessel collision.  The motor would not start due to a dead battery.  There were numerous life jackets lying inside the vessel, but Victim was not wearing one. 
        Trooper initially spoke to victim’s father.  Victim’s father indicated that Victim could not swim, but refused to wear a life jacket.  He also told Trooper that Victim had a stroke about 10 years prior which affected his balance and he used a cane or crutches to walk. I also spoke to Victim’s father  and he told me that Victim had gone fishing on Carr Creek Lake the day prior, but had not returned home, which was very unusual for him.  He said the boat motor had not worked in several months and that Victim used the trolling motor to float around to fish.  I also spoke with retired Kentucky Conservation Officer, who had fished with Victim in the past.  He had actually had seen Victim on the pontoon at Carr Creek Lake around 1500 on 05/22/2019. Subject2 said that he spoke with Victim and everything seemed fine and that Victim was happy.  When he spoke with Victim, the vessel was near the Hwy 160 bridge, just up from the Littcarr Boat Ramp.
        From the evidence that we found at the scene, I believe that Victim was near the front of the vessel at the gate when he fell in the water.  It is possible that he was operating the trolling motor since the main engine battery was dead.  Because he was unable to swim and not wearing a life jacket, he succumbed to his injuries and drowned.  Not autopsy was performed at the request of Victim's mother and the toxicology report showed no evidence of alcohol or illegal drugs in his body.
  