RedactedNarrative: At approximately 11:15PM on 9/14/18, Vilas County Sheriff's Deputies and a WiDNR Warden responded to Lac Vieux Desert Lake to search for a missing boater. The Deputies and the Warden searched for the listed subject, but were unable to locate him. 
  
  The listed boat, which had reportedly been operated by the missing person, was located floating on the lake NE of Hillside Resort and West of Slaughter Bay (GPS coordinates provided). When the boat was located it was out of fuel, keys out of the ignition, throttle in neutral, and swim ladder down. While searching the lake on the night of the incident, Deputies and the Warden recovered a flashlight floating in the lake near the boat. The boat was recovered from the lake and moved to Hillside Resort overnight for further investigation on 9/15/18 during daylight hours. 
  
  On 9/15/18 at approximately 7:30AM Cpt. and Deputy continued the investigation. In the splash well of the boat, several shoe marks were observed including a sliding shoe mark near the edge of the boat's splash well. Several photographs of the boat along with these markings are in the Vilas County Sheriff's Office digital case file.
  
  Cpt. and Deputy began a search of the lake via patrol boat. During this search, the body of the Owner/Operator was observed floating SE of where the boat had been recovered. Prior to recovery, photographs were taken of the recovery scene. He was recovered from the lake and transported to shore. Owner/Operator was later turned over to the Vilas County Coroner.
  
  The Owner/Operator’s wife was interviewed. She advised law enforcement officers that the purpose of the boat ride was to test the boat motor as he had been having motor problems recently. Evidence suggests that the Owner/Operator ran the boat out of fuel during this boat ride, walked to the rear of the boat with the flashlight as it was dusk, slipped while at the rear of the boat and drowned as a result of falling overboard.
  
  See photographic evidence in the Vilas County Sheriff's Office digital case file.
  