On 07/01/2023, two people went on a kayaking trip on the Carson River. The two operators were on a gray rigid hull sit-on-top kayak and a yellow sit-in kayak. The two operators launched their vessels at Morgan Mil boat launch in Carson City at approximately 1100 hours. Carson City Sheriffs Office collected witness statements from family and eyewitnesses that neither operator was wearing a lifejacket and neither had experience. Carson City Sheriff''s Office also received a report that Subject1 could not swim. 

     Carson City Sheriff''s Office received the report of two missing persons on the two operators and conducted a search effort over multiple days but were unable to locate the two operators. On 07/08/2023 a reporting party contacted Carson City Sheriffs Office Dispatch and notified them of a body in the water near Brunswick Canyon. The body was recovered from the water by Swift water Rescue and I at approximately 1646 hours. The body was later identified as Subject1 and the coroners report is not complete as of this report being complete.

     On 07/01/2023, according to USGS data, the Colorado river was flowing at 2240 cubic feet per second. Cause of death has not been determined by the coroner. This report is built off the assumption that Subject1 died by drowning on the Carson River while kayaking. The report is being complete for proper tracking and notification to the U.S. Coast Guard through ReportBeam.

     Subject2 has still not been located and this is an ongoing investigation being conducted by CCSO.

Carson River
Carson City                   