RedactedNarrative: On April 25, 2020 at 1740 hours I received a call from GSP Dispatch in reference to a boat incident on Allatoona lake in Cherokee County.  I was advised that a male went into the water off of a kayak near Little River Marina and did not resurface.  
  
  Cherokee County had several officers and fire / rescue units on scene searching.  I immediately responded to the area by land.  Wardens were on vessel patrol on Allatoona Lake near Allatoona Dam at the time.  I contacted the Wardens and they immediately responded by patrol boat.  Once on-scene I met with Cherokee County Deputies behind JD's off Bells Ferry Rd.  
  
  I was directed to a cove where officers / fire / rescue units were out with witnesses.  I first spoke with subject1, she stated that she was on the shore and heard people yelling for help.  She swam across the cove to help.  Subject1 stated that she was unable to locate the missing male.  Subject1 pointed to the area the male was last seen.  I then met two others on a trail in the woods near the waters edge.  The females were visibly upset and crying. 
  
  I walked the females back to the gravel parking area and spoke with them about the incident.  Both females stated that they were on kayaks with their friend.  They stated that a dog was on Victim's kayak and it jumped into the water and began swimming.  The females stated that Victim exited the kayak and began swimming toward the dog.  Victim began struggling, yelled for help and went under water.  The females stated they jumped into the water to help Victim, but he did not resurface.  The females were able to mark a location for the Sheriff Deputies and Rescue Units to search.  
  
  Wardens arrived in a patrol boat and immediately began searching the area with the Cherokee County Fire/ Rescue boat.  On shore I spoke with Chief with Cherokee Fire.  Chief stated that his team was scanning the area with sonar and his dive team was preparing to search the water.  I met with Wardens on the water.  Together we searched the area with our DNR side scan sonar.  The Cherokee County Dive team began searching the area witnesses last saw Victim.  The dive team searched the area until after dark. Sgt. continued searching the area until approximately 0130 hours.  
  
  I contacted Capt. and made the request for the DNR Sector Scan Sonar and ROV located at Lake Lanier.  I coordinated to have the sonar equipment on-scene at 0700 hours to continue the search.  The following morning I met Capt. and Cherokee County Dive Team at Little River.  We began searching the area with Sector Scan Sonar and ROV.  At approximately 1020 hours I located the victim with the ROV, and marked the location with a buoy.  The Dive team deployed on the location and recovered the victim at 1047 hours.  The victim's body was turned over to the Cherokee County Coroner's Office at the Little River boat ramp.  Immediate family members were on-scene at JD's restaurant.  The death notification was made by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office with Chaplains that were on-scene.
  