RedactedNarrative: St. Paul Police had made contact with the boat occupant, who had called 911 after his friend had fallen into the river while they were fishing. The man stated the following: He and the victim (who was the boat operator) had started fishing on 4/29 at about 1700 hours. They had put their boat into the Minnesota River and fished their way down the river and were anchored in the Mississippi River under the Highway 35 bridge (between St Paul and Mendota Heights. The victim was adjusting one of the anchors and he fell into the water. He was not wearing a life jacket. The passenger saw the victim come to the surface attempting to swim and floating down stream. The passenger tried to pull up the anchors, but one was caught on something. He believes it was the propeller of the motor. He cut the anchor line and tried to start the boat to go after the victim, but the boat would not start. He and the boat drifted to land (north shore of the river). He kept calling out to the victim, but lost sight of him and received no answer.
  
  State Patrol Helicopter, St. Paul Fire boat and County Sheriff's boats searched the river in the area where the victim was last seen. They were unsuccessful in locating the victim.
  
  The passenger smelled of alcohol and appeared to be intoxicated. He stated several times that he was not driving the boat, the victim was the operator. When asked if the victim had been drinking with him, he stated yes.
  
  The body of the missing victim was pulled from Spring Lake (which is part of Pool 2 of the Mississippi River) in Dakota County on May 16. Waiting for an updated report to be submitted.
   
  