RedactedNarrative: The boat operator was arrested for operating a boat while intoxicated causing a fatality. 
  Narrative
  He advised the victim had been caught in a boat prop and had died due the injuries he had sustained. We then got a ride to french island were the incident had taken place. We got on shore and deputy advised the operator of the boat operator had tested .10 on the portable breath test. 
  I did notice two coolers in the boat that contained empty busch light and bud light beer cans. 
  
  All of these individuals were 21 years old except for the victim who was 19 years old. 
  After receiving general information everyone was released to return to shore. Lt. and i were unfamiliar with the boat and asked for someone to operate the boat back to shore.  Subject was familiar with the boat. I observed him try to start the boat by moving the throttle and gearing around in different positions and jiggle the key several times to get it to start. He had to throttle the boat up quite a bit to get the boat to stay running and reved it loud to pull away. He explained they had recently put a different carburetor on the boat. The boats engine was very loud and did not run very smoothly. Once on shore lt. and i photographed and examined to boats prop. The boat was a 1992  white baja outlaw 24' in length. The registration was 2014 ky0266ze. The prop was a kb quicksilver mirage 48 and the boats vin number was 13702a4121pv06r. After checking the boat it was released to father. We also interviewed the 4 witnesses again to confirm we had contact information for each of them.
  
  Operator advised he, and three others arrived at french island around 4pm. They were there approximately 45 minutes to an hour. While there operator stated he had 5 to 6 beers then they decided to go to a different island. He thought everyone was on the boat and started the boat up. He let it idle for approximately a minute. He stated two people were in front of his boat to help push it off. He put the boat in gear and went in reverse. He stated no one knew victim was behind the boat and did not hear anyone say anything. While backing up he heard a girl scream and felt the motor become stuck. The other guys on the boat said victim is back there. He went to check on victim then called 911. After getting victim on shore people on shore gave him cpr.  
  After the interview lt. and i filled out the affidavit for probable cause for boating while intoxicated causing fatality. 
  
  On july 8th, 2014 i interviewed three people at their home after hearing they were possible witnesses. They explained there were several boats on the island that sunday afternoon. He did hear a rumor that victim was reaching across the boats prop for the ladder or possibly a whiskey bottle but did not witness this. 
  
  I also obtained the victim cell phone reported to be a black i-phone. It is believed this phone contains pictures of the scene that day. It was rumored that possible photographs were taken with the phone and uploaded to the social media accounts on facebook and instagram. I did have those accounts frozen by legal department of facebook until warrants can be obtained. Toxicology results from the kentucky medical examiners office did show a positive result for alcohol and thc in victim victims blood system. Victim was 19 and the rest of the party was 21 we still do not know how he obtained the alcohol or thc.