On 6/11/23 at approximately 7:50 p.m. I Texas State Game Warden received a call from the Stephens County Dispatch stating there were 2 Kayakers that were in distress due to the storm on Hubbard Creek Reservoir in the Village Inn cove. 

Approximately 7 Minutes later Stephens County Dispatch called back stating one of the kayakers had fallen out of their kayak. While in route I received notice that one of the kayakers made it safely to a dock in the Village Inn Cove. 

I launched my boat at Paul Praters boat ramp at the Dam at Approximately 8:19 p.m. and traveled to the Villiage Inn Cove to attempt to locate the other kayak and occupant. While searching the area for the Kayak and occupant and not finding either, I contacted Stephens County Deputy who was with Survivor to get a more precise location to the last place Survivor had seen her husband. 

I continued to search the area and the lake banks around where he fell out of his kayak and the area in which the wind would have blown him during the storm. The Stephens County Sherriff Office searched the banks of the lake for the Kayak and the Victim in possible areas the wind could have blown him as well. I located Survivor's Red Kayak on the East side of Tanglewood island but was unable to locate Victim's green Sundolphin kayak. 

We had Texas Ranger assist with a thermal drone in the search and could not locate Victim or his Kayak. At approximately 10:30 p.m. we suspended the search for the night. I traveled to Survivor's house to get a statement of events from her to be better prepared to continue the search the following morning. Survivor stated they were Kayaking back toward their house when the storm started. 

She said the waves blew them out toward the middle of the Village Inn cove and due to the high winds and the size of the waves Victim fell out of his Kayak. Neither Survivor nor Victim was wearing a life jacket or had one in their kayak. 

Victim was unable to catch his kayak after falling out due to the wind blowing it away. Survivor attempted to paddle to him, but in the process, she was knocked out of her kayak as well. She stated that once she was in the water, she could no longer see Victim, but yelled at him to swim toward a white dock that was on the East bank of the Village Inn cove. At this point she was blown north to a dock approximately 600 yards away. She stated that she was unsure if Victim heard her yell about swimming towards the white dock or not, and that was the last time she saw him. 

At 7:30 a.m. on 6/12/23 State Game Warden and the Stephens County Sheriff's office continued the search for Victim. We began the search began with 2 side scan sonar equipped Parks and Wildlife boats and the Stephens County Sheriff's office boat. Victim's Kayak was found on the East side of goat island just around the corner from Survivor's Kayak, the island was searched but Victim was not located.

 At noon subject1 went to retrieve another Parks and wildlife boat with side scan sonar equipped and returned a little after 2 p.m. We searched the area that Survivor stated Victim fell out of his kayak at and the majority of the cove between where Survivor last saw Victim and she was found. We were unable to locate him on the side scan sonar. At approximately 9:00 p.m. we suspended our search for the day.

At 7:30 a.m. on 6/13/23 State Game Warden and the Stephens County Sheriff's Office continued the search for Victim. At approximately 7:40 Game Warden and Stephens County Sheriff Deputy recovered Victim floating in the water at approximate location in which he was last seen. GPS coordinates (Latitude- 32.79449 N, Longitude -098.96148 W) His body was taken to the Village Inn Marina boat dock and Stephens County Judge came to pronounce the victim deceased. The victim's body was transported to the Dallas County Examiner for an autopsy by Melton-Kitchen's funeral home in Breckenridge Texas. Stephens County Sheriff and I traveled to the Survivor's residence to give the death notification.
0372 HUBBARD CREEK
Breckenridge                  