RedactedNarrative: On February 22, 2018 a family member of victim made contact with KSP Post 11 with concerns of Victim's well-being. The caller advised that no one had been in contact with Victim since Tuesday February 20th at 0012hrs and that his last known location was on Lake Cumberland. Shortly after the call Victim's truck was located at Conley Bottom Marina in Monticello, KY. It was also discovered that his vessel was not in his docking slip. Once notified, responding F&W Officers conducted an on the water search for Victim in the Conley Bottom area until dark on that same day. After the search was suspended for the evening KSP Trooper entered Victim as a missing person.
  
  Due the uncertainty of Victim’s location and the treacherous lake conditions at 0800hrs CST on February 23rd, a request was made to have KSP fly over the lake in an attempt to locate Victim’s vessel. Shortly after the fly over Victim’s boat was located in the middle of the lake at the mouth of Otter and Beaver Creeks.
  
  At approximately 1228hrs CST Officer and I, Officer2, made contact with the vessel, a twenty-seven feet, Sea Ray cruiser named Ray’s Ray, (KY 0457 KN), on the water by boat.  Upon contact we cleared the vessel finding no occupants on-board. With a quick observation of the exterior of the vessel it appeared that the vessel had been involved in an accident. The starboard side windshield had been broken out and the starboard side stern had sustained heavy impact from what appeared to be a tree. There were two missing sections of a seat from inside the boat which were later located at Conley Bottom Marina. It appeared that Victim removed the seats prior to leaving the dock.  The navigation light switch was in the on position, and Victim's mast light for the 365 degree light source was screwed in as if he was traveling after sunset. 
  
  Shortly after our contact with the vessel Officers arrived on scene and began to search the immediate area and shorelines for Victim. Due to heavy rainfall and rising lake levels Officers were unable to determine a crash location.
  
  Officers contacted Marine Assist, a towing company to tow the boat back to Jamestown Marina to be trailered out of the water. Once on the trailer several transfer and gouge marks were observed on the hull that were consistent with running ashore. Damage to the lower unit was also observed and the entire prop was missing. The vessels throttle was observed to be at full throttle and the key was on. The vessel was photographed and evidence was collected to complete the required boating accident report.  All photos of the vessel and evidence are copied onto a CD that will be attached with this report.
  
  Victim's vessel was released to KSP Trooper on February 23, 2018.
  
  At approximately 13:08hrs CST on March 12, 2018, Officer and I were notified from KSP Post 15 that a group of fisherman had located a person that appeared to be deceased floating in the water near School House Branch on Lake Cumberland. I was first on scene and confirmed that there was a deceased male floating in the water along the shoreline. Officer and Sgt. arrived shortly after I made contact with the body, and stayed with the body while I spoke with the fisherman that had contacted KSP Dispatch. The Russell County Coroner was then notified that the body was located in Russell County.  I stayed at the location of the scene with the body while Officer and Sgt. traveled to Jamestown Marina to pick up a member of Coroner's Office to bring her to the scene. Upon the arrival of Officer and Sgt. with the Assistant Coroner (A.C.), and the Russell County Rescue Squad, recovery efforts began. The Rescue Squad assisted and retrieved the body from the water at 15:27hrs CST. The body was escorted back to the Jamestown Marina by law enforcement and turned over to the Russell County Coroner's Office. Later that evening I met with A.C. to gather additional photographs and required case information. 
  
  On March 14, 2018 I was contacted by the A.C. and was advised that the Medical Evaluators' Office in Frankfort, KY had positively identified the body as Victim by fingerprint analysis.  She also advised that the cause of death was consistent with drowning. 
  
  A copy of A.C. Coroner Summary Report will accompany this report. The summary includes a toxicology report which lists Victim's blood alcohol content at 0.167 after the recovery. The autopsy report is still incomplete at this time.   
  
  There were 5 officers that assisted in the search for Victim, up until this date there has been roughly 155 working hours spent on the search and investigation on this case.
  
  KSP CAD # 11-18-0154
  
  *** Damage is estimated at $5000.00
  
  