RedactedNarrative: On 05-06-18, I was conducting boat patrol on Rough River Lake when KSP Post 15 called me at approximately 4:30 PM EST.  They dispatched me to a drowning in Marion Co., on the Rolling Fork River near Mill Dam Rd. at the low head dam.  
  
  Officer1 and I started that way, and due to us being an hour and a half out, Officer2 responded as well.  Officer1 and I were coming into Marion County when Officer2 advised search and rescue were going to stop searching for the night, because of harsh water conditions and an approaching storm. At this time Officer1 cancelled his assist and turned back towards Nelson Co. I met Officer2 at the Marion County EMS Office and obtained information relating to the event. 
  
  Officer2 and I then contacted the witnesses and had them fill out statements. Officer2 explained what had happened on the river, to his understanding, prior to me arriving.  He stated that five individuals put kayaks in at the Campbellsville Bridge off of HWY 68 around noon.  The witnesses stated the river was up, but seemed to be ok until they reached the low head dam, by Mill Dam Rd. This is where two individuals went over the dam and both were ejected from their kayaks.  
  
  Subject1 stated that when he came out of the water Victim was above the water and attempting to swim back to his kayak, which was stuck in the current by the dam. Subject1 then stated he told Victim to forget the kayak, but the current swept him down river and he lost sight of Victim.  Marion Co. Search & Rescue was dispatched at approximately 3:00 PM and with the assistance of Campbellsville Search & Rescue attempted to locate Victim, without any successes and a storm approaching, they cleared the scene at approximately 6:00 PM.   Campbellsville Search & Rescue returned to the scene at approximately 8:00 PM and flew a drone to survey the area Victim was last seen.  
  
  Victim's kayak was still caught in the current at the dam and rescuers made plans to come out the next day when water levels dropped and weather conditions were better, to search for Victim.  The search for Victim went on for four days.  On day four, 05-09-2018 at 5:31 PM, Marion Co. Rescue called and said he had recovered Body. Victim's body was recovered by the Deputy Coroner at 6:38 PM at GPS coordinates 37.5090133, -85.3426569 and was Identified by his father soon after. According to the Medical Examiners autopsy report: Alcohol (0.032), Cocaine, and Methamphetamine were found in Victim's blood, but he ruled death as caused by asphyxia via drowning. 
  
  