RedactedNarrative: On 6/29/15 at approximately 3:29 p.m. Sgt. received a call from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Dept. concerning a boating incident in Bayou Marron near Chatagnier in Evangeline Parish. Agents responded to the area and made contact with a passenger, on board the canoe involved in the incident. Agents were advised that two subjects launched their canoe in Bayou Marron on 06/29/15 just after midnight. At approximately 3:00 A.M. the front passenger went to sleep so he attempted to wake him. After waking Victim, he was startled and leaned to one side shaking and tipping the canoe. The canoe began taking on water and capsized in the bayou approximately 1/2 mile from the bridge where they originally started. Both Victim and Survivor fell overboard into the water. Survivor grabbed on to the canoe that was upside down, along with a paddle. Victim began swimming towards the bank on the east side of the bayou. Neither Survivor nor Victim were wearing a PFD (Personal Flotation Device) at the time of the incident. The two PFD's were both strapped to the middle brace that runs across the top of the canoe. Survivor advised that he yelled out to Victim that they would meet back at the truck. Survivor advised that Victim was attempting to climb up the bank the last time he saw him. Survivor floated down to the low head dam and then tied up the canoe and climbed up the bank on the West side of the bayou. Survivor walked out to the truck approximately 1-2 miles away. Survivor stated that he was extremely tired and fell asleep in his truck while waiting. It was around 3:00 p.m. before he called the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Department and reported Victim missing. Survivor did state that Victim does take medication for anxiety and this may be the reason he kept falling asleep. Possible drug use and the actions of the passenger, Victim, could have played a part in the incident. Toxicology report was sent off by the Coroners office in Evangeline Parish.
   