RedactedNarrative: I received a call from KSP Dispatch on June 14 at approximately 7:29 about a missing person on KY Lake. Dispatch notified me that the missing person was last seen the night of June 13 operating a small john boat. Dispatch stated that the vessel was found on the shore of KY Lake in Pisgah Bay and had sustained damage to the front end.  I arrived on scene at Hillman Ferry boat ramp which is within Pisgah Bay at 8:16. Once on scene, a member of the Houseboat in which Operator was staying, met me. Subject took me to the vessel that Operator was operating that was found by his dad at approximately 6:00am on the morning of June 14.
  	
  	Once at the location where the vessel was found (36 degrees 56’ 19” N, 88 degrees 10’ 11” W) I asked if anybody had moved or disturbed the vessel in any way.  Subject answered with “No”. I then inspected the vessel. The vessel had sustained damage to both the port and starboard bow. The motor on the vessel was turned to the port side and was in forward gear with throttle turned to the fast position, as shown in the pictures attached to this report. The fuel tank was collapsed and the kill switch was in the on position. The motor was not currently running. The damage to the bow seemed to match the damage to the trees and shoreline where the vessel was found. The damage to the shoreline indicated that the vessel was beached and ran in that location for some period of time. Pictures of this location were taken and attached to this report. 
  
  	After inspecting the vessel, I had Subject transport me to the Houseboat in which Operator was staying. While on our way to the house boat I was waved down by a couple individuals camping on the nearby shore. They stated that they saw a man driving a vessel that matched Operator description come by their camp site at approximately 20:35 on the night of June 13. Both individuals stated the vessel came dangerously close to two children that were playing on a paddle board less than 20 ft from the shore. Once I received statements from those individuals I had Subject transport me to the house boat. Once on the house boat I introduced myself and asked all the individuals on board if they could provide a statement to the events that took place. 
  
  	While on route to the damaged vessel we were stopped by the Lyon County Search and Rescue. They stated that they had found the missing subject. We then reported to the location in which Operator was found (36 degrees 56’ 34” N, 88 degrees 10’ 5” W). Operator was floating face down at this location. Pictures were taken of this location. I then boarded a Lyon County Search and Rescue Vessel to help retrieve Operator from the shallow water. Once I made contact with Operator I rolled him over so Pictures could be taken at the recovery location. We then wrapped a small strap around him so that we could move him from the shallow water into deeper water so that he could be loaded in the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife’s vessel that was on scene. He was then transported to the Hillman Ferry boat dock. Once at the boat dock the Lyon County Coroner took possession of Operator. The family was then notified.
  
  Once the Coroner took possession, several KDFWR officers returned to the house boat to ask a few more follow up questions and to inform the occupants that Operator was found. During the follow up Interviews, we were told by two people that they had tried to stop Operator from going out in the small john boat because it was getting dark and that Operator had consumed several alcoholic beverages. 
  
  Subject stated that his brother pulled the kill lanyard to stop Operator from taking the vessel. However it did not work. Subject stated that the last time he saw Operator was when he went around the point of the campground at approximately 20:30. According to witness statements shortly after Operator left, the individuals on the house boat went to sleep. According to father, he woke up at approximately 2:00 a.m.  and operator had still not returned. However, he did not call 911 at this point because Operator had operated several small boats and he thought he was just sitting on the bank somewhere because it had gotten dark. Father stated that when the sun came up and Operator had not returned he began to worry. Father then got in the other small john boat to go out and look for Operator. Father found Operator’s vessel at approximately 6:00. Once he realized Operator was not in the vessel he then spent some time searching for him. When he did not have success finding him, he then called the U.S. Coast Guard in which called Kentucky State Police Post 1.
  
  At this point in the investigation it is unknown to the cause of death and the amount of impairment due to alcohol. A supplement report will be submitted once the Coroner finalizes his reports.
  
  
  