RedactedNarrative: Details of investigation:           
        
  June 13th 2021            
  (all times documented are eastern time zone)  
  On june 13th 2021 i overheard radio traffic of a possible drowning on little pigeon creek which borders warrick and spencer counties.  Ico dispatch was notified and i asked that they contact an airboat operator.   From the radio traffic i could tell they were having a hard time finding a location to launch a rescue boat.                  
  
  Officer was just getting off the water from patrolling the ohio river and had a boat with him.  He and officer both responded to the scene.  Officer1 picked up the airboat on his way to the accident location.  
              
  While en route i met a fire truck with its emergency lights on.  The driver advised they were heading to the sr 161 bridge which was closer to the accident location.  I followed them and met with several first responders on the bridge.  There was a subject on the bridge that was pointed out to me as the other kayaker that was with the possible drowning victim at the time of the accident.     
        
  I introduced myself and asked if he could tell me what happened.  The subject explained he and his friend went kayaking and left from a spot next to a bridge that is usually a hunting area.  
  
  Subject1 said they had came downstream under two or three bridges before coming to a log jam. They were planning to remove their kayaks from the water and put in down stream of the obstructions blocking the creek.  The plan was to bump into the log jam sideways and then navigate over to the bank.  While trying to do so victim tipped his kayak and went under the water.         
   
  When describing the events that took place and victims actions subject1 stated "he had been drinking and his movements were a little bit more overblown and im looking back at him to try to tell him to like focus on what hes doing and he falls away from the dam and goes under and from when he like hit the water i hadnt seen him at all. 
  
  So i got out of my kayak and on top of the dam reaching down in there where i saw him fall and i immediately dont feel him at all so i , I mean i realize this isnt the best idea so i got all the way in the water while holding onto this larger limb, part of the dam and i was trying to reach my legs down kind of like feeling out for him and didnt feel him at all, and then i started to lose control so i had to and i kind of went under a little bit so i had to kind of claw my up back out.  
  
  So after that i was like shoving my hand through the dam like further in because i didnt feel him at all and after that like it had been a few minutes i realize so i started like plunging my whole body in the middle of the dam just feeling for him but theres all these limbs and these things around me so i try to go under a couple times again and after i lost control again i was barely able to fucking find a way to punch my head through and i got back out and i still the whole time i guess still didnt fucking feel him at all.  
  
  The only reason why i was able to get out is cause i was able like actually use my feet to push up against like the things holding up the dam i guess the best way i can explain it."    
      
  During our conversation subject1 also said he was trying to text people for help and  had to walk "back stream" and found a guy on a lawn mower to help him make a call.  Reception was poor throughout the search and investigation in this area.  His first attempt to call for help he estimated was four to six minutes after victim went under water.          
  
  While talking with him the smell i associate with someone drinking alcohol was present.  I asked him how much he had to drink and he said he had three beers and three shots of whisky.  He advised victim had been drinking quite a bit as well.  They had a thermos that he was mixing jack and coke in and when subject1 took a sip he realized it was more than half gone and told victim he needed to "let off of it".  He explained that victim had lost his cell phone while messing with his cooler behind him on the kayak. According to subject1 he liked to call people when he was drunk.          
  Both subjects had limited experience kayaking and this was their first time doing so on little pigeon creek.  Victim was shirtless with american flag swimming trunks on when he went in the water.  Neither subject1 or victim were wearing life jackets.        
   
  After leaving the sr 161 bridge i went north to the maxville road bridge where subject1 advised he walked to.  I walked downstream and after about 1/3rd of a mile i came to a log jam where there where several first responders.  A white kayak was upside down stuck in the logjam.  A green kayak had been brought up the bank.  The log jam stretched the entire width of little pigeon creek and was not passable by boat.          
  
  Inside of the green sundolphin aruba 10  kayak was a blue cooler that had three empty coke cans and an empty water bottle.  There were full cans in the bottom.  In the bottom of the kayak were three empty busch light cans. There was a green cooler and thermos in the log jam that looked to be recent additions to the trash and debris on the water.    
      
  I spoke with subject2 who advised he was the first to find the kayaks.  The location of the accident was very close to the property line.  According to subject2 the white kayak was sticking up vertically in the water when he found it and the green kayak was stuck under the root of a tree on the east bank.    
   
  An excavator was brought to the scene and work to remove the log jam began.  This was done with a chain saw as well and the log jam was eventually removed to allow flow downstream.  The excavator could only reach about half way across the creek.  The green cooler was brought into shore by the excavator, the victims kayak moved downstream to the next strainer and was sucked under water.         
  Inside the green cooler were four empty busch light cans and six full cans.  There was also a broken bottle of jack daniels 80 proof whiskey, three vacuum sealed packages of iowa smokhouse beefsticks and two smashed cans of pringles.          
  
  Search efforts continued until shortly after dark.  At that point i called off the water based searches for the safety of the first responders.  I met with officer and we went to locate the truck victim was driving.  It was found at little pigeon parking lot 4a. The truck was a white 2000 chevy silverado.  In the bed of the truck was an empty busch light can matching the type of cans found at the accident scene.  I advised dispatch to make contact with sugar ridge fish and wildlife manager and advise her the case we were working. This office manages the little pigeon wetland properties.         
  
  
  