RedactedNarrative:   On september 1, 2015 (victim) had planned to pull his jet ski (vessel 2) to engineers point with his pontoon boat (vessel 1 ). He had told sardis lake marina personnel that the jet ski was not running and he was going to take it out of the water. Marina security video shows victim walking down the dock at approximately 12:31 pm. Video shows part of the pontoon boat heading south at around 12:36 pm. It is believed that he drove his boat around to the west side of the dock to where the jet ski was located.
  
  Video shows marina personnel going to the dock on a golf cart at 12:54 pm. When they got down to the dock they saw the boats floating near the west bank . They called out to victim , but he did not answer. They swam to the boats and found no one on board . They brought the boats back to the dock and contacted the marina management.
  
  Neither boats were running and were approximately 30-40 yards apart when found. Victim’s shirt and shoes were found on the pontoon boat  indicating that he intended to get into the water. The ladder on the pontoon boat was down. The jet ski had a rope attached to it apparently ready to be towed. The body was located on september 3, 2015 at 10:35 am close to where the jet ski was floating. Panola county coroner stated that preliminary autopsy results were consistent with fresh water drowning. Final autopsy results will be included when available
   