RedactedNarrative: On sunday 8/7/16 at approximately 7:00 a.m. i was notified of a drowning on hudson lake in laporte county.  Conservation officer was en route as well as myself. When i arrived at the scene i discovered the location was south of 8164 lakeshore dr. And was informed it was approx. 100 ft.., from shore.  Looking into the lake i observed a small boat with the anchor deployed with no one in the boat.  Later i found that the boat had an indiana boat registration number of in 2059 df and was owned by the victim.  There were also members of the new carlisle police and fire dept. And e.m.s. service, along with members of the laporte co. Sheriff dept.  I also observed two boats and a red kayak in the vicinity of the unmanned boat. While gathering information the person who occupied the red kayak  motioned that he had visually observed the victim under the water.  After the indication that the victim had been discovered members of the laporte county scuba team went to the location and retrieved the victims body at 8:07 a.m.  
  
       when the victim was brought into shore i observed that he was wearing a light color t-shirt and white underwear.  I did not observe any obvious injuries on the victim.  The victim was placed into a body bag and the coroner was contacted.  Officer who was one of the scuba divers informed the victim was located in approximately eight ft. Of water in almost a standing position.  I also determined that when the boat was initially discovered the anchor was not deployed and that the first people to contact the boat deployed the anchor, so it would not drift away from the scene.
  
       i.c.o. had arrived at the scene prior to my arrival.  Officer told me that he had obtained a written statement from the witness and was in possession of the victim's wallet, which contained his identification.  Officer gave me the victim's operator's license, wallet and a tan baseball cap.  Officer also gave me the written statement he had obtained from the witness.
  
       Witness statement reads as follows, " i seen a man fishing on his boat, he was sitting he slid off the side of boat.  I went and yelled for my son-in-law to tell him a man was in lake drowning.  (My son in law) grabbed life jacket, when we got out to pier i could see his head above water i heard man gasping for air and then he went under.  (My son in law) called 911."
  
      
       the deputy coroner told me that she did not believe there would be a full autopsy performed on the victim, only a toxicology test.  I asked that she inform when toxicology results were complete or if they decided to do a full autopsy, so that i may attend.
  
       examination of the boat i discovered there was an orange personal floatation device in the bow (front) under a small bench seat. Towards the back of the boat there was fishing tackle box and a small cooler.  There was one fishing pole laying along the port (left) side. 
  
       there was no evidence that  drugs or alcohol were a contributing factor.
  