RedactedNarrative: On 12/01/2018 Deputies responded to the Willow Wash area of the Verde River near Horseshoe Lake area in the Tonto National Forest for a reported drowning call. 
  
  Upon arrival, I spoke to the victim''s wife, brother, and brother''s wife. They all told me that Victim was in his kayak out on the water and had been paddling. Victim was not wearing a life jacket at the time. He stopped and stood up for an unknown reason. He then fell overboard into the water. He was unable to upright the kayak.
  
  Victim then swam to the west towards the shoreline next to the roadway (Horseshoe Dam Road). While Victim was in that area, they lost sight of him and had apparently went under water and was never seen again. 
  
  Borther tried locating Victim by entering the water and swimming around. He was unable to locate him and two citizens took over trying to locate Victim by swimming and diving for him. They too were unable to locate him.
  
  MCSO Detectives, MCSO Divers, Phx PD Dive Team members, and support personnel responded the following day and began the search. 
  The victim was recovered by divers on 12/6/2018.
  
  The cause of the drowning is unknown at this time. The victim was turned over to the Maricopa County Medical Examiner''s Office for further investigation.
  Nothing further at this time.
  