RedactedNarrative: n 05/10/2020 at approx. 0630 hrs. I, Trooper, was advised by Troop F dispatch of a body that had been located in the water at Lake Texoma.  We proceeded to the location of the body and made recovery of 1 white male later identified as Victim 1 - a 54 year old from Denison TX.   
  
  After recovery was made contact was made with Oklahoma Medical Examiner who advised us that he would contact Browns Funeral Home in Durant to come take possession of Operator at the McBride Boat Ramp.  After releasing Operator to Browns Funeral Home I proceeded to Troop E and started making contact with Grayson County TX and Bryan and Marshall counties in Oklahoma to find out if any vessels had been reported missing or abandoned on the Texas or Oklahoma side.  
  
  Grayson County advised that they had a small two man boat reported abandoned on May 5, 2020 and that a Texas Game Warden had looked for it but was unable to locate.  I took the recovery boat out on the afternoon of May 10 and was able to locate the small two man boat which had a life jacket inside the boat and a trolling motor which was operable.  
  
  After having the boat stored I proceeded to Denison, TX. where I made contact with the police department and had them assist me with attempting to make contact with next of kin at a few addresses in Denison.  We were unable to locate any next of kin on the 10th, but I did leave my business card at one of the locations that we went to and later that evening I was advised by Troop E. Dispatch that Witness 1 had called requesting to speak to me.  
  
  I made contact with W1 at approx. 2030 hours and she advised that her and the victim had been together for over 20 years but had never been married.  I asked W1 when the last time she had seen Victim 1 and she advised me that he left the house with his canoe on April 28, 2020 and that she had not seen him since.  I made arrangements to speak to W1 on Monday, May 11, 2020 in the morning.  On Monday morning I spoke with W1 at her residence which was on the Texas side close to the Grand Pappy Marina area.  
  
  W1 was able to positively identify Victim 1 by a picture that I had taken of him on my work phone.  W1 again advised me that Victim  1 had a canoe and would take it down to the lake on a small cart, put the canoe in the water and hide the cart in some bushes.  When he not show back up that day, W1 stated that she just figured he had left her because she suspected him of cheating on her.  
  
  W1 stated she walked down to the water where she located the cart Victim 1 uses and because she was upset with him she moved the cart to a different location.  The cart was not found, but the place that W1 put the cart was in plain view of a road and could have been taken by someone.  
  
  I made an attempt to locate the canoe that Victim 1 was in by checking the shoreline on both the Texas and Oklahoma sides with no success, leaving me to believe that either the canoe sank or was located and recovered by someone else who didn't report it.  
  
  I looked at the history of weather for April 28&29 2020 and it showed that we were getting wind gust of over 30 mph and sustained winds of 20 mph on both days which would make Lake Texoma very rough .   Due to the winds on both of the days most of the normal boat traffic would have been non-existent on the lake.  
  
  W1 also stated that Victim 1 did not have a life jacket.  Family members stated that victim was always pushing fate, Victim 1 living life on the edge.  They also stated that it was not unusual for Victim 1 to leave and be gone for weeks without any contact which would explain the lack of a missing person’s report.
  