RedactedNarrative: Prelude:
  	on april 4th, 2019, indiana conservation officers were dispatched to bluegrass fish and wildlife area in reference to two people who had not returned from going kayaking. 
  
  Details of the investigation:
  	on april 4th, 2019 at 19:21 warrick county emergency dispatch center received a phone call from subject1 in reference to two missing subjects. The caller subject1 reported operator and his daughter occupant were missing. Dispatch stated that the caller advised " caller reporting operator and his 4 year old daughter occupant missing…last heard from them around 11:30am…operator left his wallet at their home…kayak missing from the house… they have located his truck at the boat ramp on the north side of new harmony just east of klippel rd." dispatch also advised that "operator usually turn his phone off when he goes out…it is not turned on…kayak is a tan color." 
  
  	i, indiana conservation officer was notified by indiana conservation officers central dispatch at 19:39 about the missing father and daughter at bluegrass fish and wildlife area. After getting my state issued jon boat i arrived on the scene at bluegrass pit at bluegrass fwa at 20:00. After launching my jon boat from the south boat ramp on the bluegrass pit, a boonville fireman boarded my boat with first aid gear and a spotlight to aid in searching for the missing father and daughter. The water temperature at the time was roughly 55 degrees and the air temp was in the low 60s. It had begun raining a few hours earlier and continued to rain through the entire search.
  
   We began our search along the west bank to the north. Using the spotlight beam we were able to locate the capsized kayak just feet from the bank approximately 300 yards from the boat ramp where we began our search. I notified dispatch that the kayak was located at 2010 hundred hours. The kayak was tan on the bottom and green on the top.  As i pulled up to the kayak fireman was able to flip the kayak right side up confirming that there was not a victim in the kayak still. The kayak had a small black case that had a drone inside, a potato chip bag and in the back of the kayak held down by a bungee cord was a blue adult life jacket. The life jacket appeared that there was no attempt to remove it from the kayak. I believe so due to the fact it was secured properly without any sign of the life jacket being pulled on or manipulated in an attempt or struggle to be removed from where it was secured on the boat. Fireman and i placed the kayak on the bank of the lake to set a reference point and to know where we found the kayak as we continued our search. This coordinate was marked   38.0925, -87.4648. We then continued searching up the west bank of the lake north finding the kayaks paddle another 100 yards down the bank. The paddles coordinate was marked 38.0942, -87.4643. 
  
  We continued our search up the west bank to the boat ramp found on the north end of the lake where we then switched to the east bank and started our search back south down this bank. At one point in time while searching we could hear shouting that sounded like a female. We later found out that this was a volunteer in the area searching the area around the lake.
  
  Indiana conservation officers had a boat on the water who was searching as well. As we searched down the east bank indiana conservation officer had arrived on scene with his boat and sonar unit. I then met ico at the boat ramp and lead him to the area where the kayak was found so that he could begin his search with the sonar unit.  
  
  Fireman and i then boated across the lake directly east from where we found the kayak and started our search down the east bank of the lake back towards the boat ramp. As fireman was scanning the surface of the water and the bank of the lake with the spotlight the spotlight cast its beam on an object in the water that appeared to be red/maroon. As we motored closer to the object to get a better look as to what it was we were able to confirm that the object in the water was an adult male body floating face down with a maroon shirt, black gym shorts and red tennis shoes not wearing a lifejacket. At the time of finding operators body i was on the cell phone with indiana conservation officer lieutenant and notified him of our location. Operator's body was found at 2146 hundred hours. Photographs were taken of operator when we found him and his body was transported to the bank. The coordinate where operator's body was found was 38.0898,-87.4627. Operator was found in roughly ten feet of water. The first responders that were stationed at the boat ramp met us on the bank by boonville new harmony road where we were able to transfer the body from our possession to them so that we could continue our search for the four year old girl. 
  
  Approximately 40 yards from where we located operator's body at 2152 hundred hours we then located the body of four year old occupant floating face down wearing pink and purple pants and a light weight pink jacket also not wearing a lifejacket. I photographed occupant in the water before she was pulled out. Occupant was rushed into the ambulance that was parked on bonville new harmony road just feet from where she was found. First responders pumped the water from her lungs and began to work the child before she was transported to the hospital. Occupant was found at coordinate 38.0895,-87.4634.
  
  Operator's truck that was left sitting at the boat ramp was an dodge ram pickup truck with indiana plate . The truck was clean and had an empty glass drinking cup in the cup holder, pink backpack behind the seat and had a forward facing child's car seat in the front passenger seat.  The glove box had operator operator's license and a ruger lcpii. The truck bed was empty with only a die-hard portable power device. The kayak and kayak paddle had been recovered from the water and placed in the bed of the truck as well. The driver's compartment was photographed, locked and secured. The keys of the locked vehicle was returned to operator's family. 
  
  The estimated time of death or time that the incident occurred is unknown.
  
  On april 5th at 1400 hundred hours i attended the autopsy of both operator and occupant at vanderburgh county corners office. I observed both autopsies and have attached the corners autopsy reports. Both operator and occupant preliminary reports show signs of drowning. Operator's report returned showing that he had a blood alcohol concentrate (bac) of .163. 
  
  On may 6th, 2019, i went to the home of subject1 with district 7 chaplain to speak with her about details of the drowning. Subject1 was polite and agreed to speak with me about the incident. Subject1 invited us in to sit and talk. Subject1 stated that she did not know that operator was going to take occupant in the kayak that day. She also added that they had never taken occupant in the kayaks with them. When subject1 found out that operators bac was .163 she was very surprised since they were not drinkers and she had no knowledge of operator drinking that day. Subject1 believed that the incident happened due to poor judgment and choices made while being under the influence of alcohol.  
  
  	i hereby swear and affirm under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing facts are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.