RedactedNarrative: On april 26th, 2014, corporal called me at home to see if i could assist officer on a death investigation at hardy reservoir. 
  I responded and began my shift at 15:00 hours. (3:00pm). While in route, i talked with Officer by cell phone. Officer was at the scott county hospital with operator and his family members. Officer advised operator had been involved in an accident while fishing at hardy reservoir with his wife. Officer told me operator had been pronounced dead at the scott county hospital. 
  I began an investigation into operator's death when i arrived at the hardy reservoir at 15:30 hours (3:30 pm). 
  Operator's boat was moored in the second slip from the marina boat house on the east side of the dock. The boat was a 2004 maroon ranger bass boat. The registration # was in5063bz. Dispatch ran the registration # for me. It was registered to operator. 
  After taking photos i boarded the boat. I took additional photos and notes after boarding. Hardy reservoir personnel said there were fishing poles and a dip net in their boat house that were removed from the boat for safe keeping. Operator's boat had two pedestal style seats. Both of the seats were in the upright position. There were two red mustang inflatable life jackets in the floor of the boat. Both jackets appeared to be new and in good condition. A white throw cushion was in the passenger seat and it also appeared to be in good condition. A white towel had been placed between the passenger seat and the operator's seat. The towel had no obvious bodily fluids on it, but was damp. A sack of partially consumed food was in the floor at the foot of the passenger's seat along with a polar pop style drink. In the walk through area between the consoles was a blue and white cooler containing two water bottles. Also in the same area was a small, red and gray tackle box and a yellow and white minnow bucket. On the floor against the seat was an anchor weight. Under the operator's console on the floor, were two orange marker buoys. 
  
  At the bow was a minn kota maxxum 65 trolling motor and a fish finder. Both of these were in good operating condition. The fish finder was off. The aft supported a mercury 150 optimax motor. The prop on the motor was undamaged and the motor ran well with no damage visible. A hummingbird fish finder was positioned by the operator's seat. It was on, and operating properly. The fuel gauges were checked. The fuel level was slightly less than half. The bilge pump was also in good working order. There was no water in the hull of the boat. 
  
  Operator's maroon chevy silverado and his boat trailer were parked on the east side of the parking lot of the main ramp. I had dispatch run the two plates. Both came back to Operator. The truck and trailer were parked in tandem with the driver's side being just over the line of the parking spaces. Photos were also taken of the truck and trailer. 
  Scott county deputy supplied the names of witnesses to Officer who in turn gave them to me. 
  I contacted each of the witnesses by phone. 
  
  Witness along with fishing companion were the first two to reach Operator's boat after hearing Occupant’s desperate calls for help. All the parties involved were fishing the stick ups just south of the wooster ramp. Witness said "he (Operator) was laying face down in the water and she occupant was having a hard time holding onto him." "she wasn't very big and he was too big for her to move." Witness and fishing companion tried in vain to pull Operator from the water. 
  Two more boaters arrived to assist. The three men then retrieved Operator from the water and onto Witness's boat. 
   
  Witness2 was the only witness to see victim fall into the water. Witness2 said, "it just looked like he fell over in the water." "i didn't think he was in trouble till she started yelling for help."
   
  While in route fishing companion preformed cpr on victim, who spit up water during the cpr attempt. He was then transported to the hospital.  The coron