On the morning of October 4 around 10am, the victim went fishing from a private landing near his house. When he wasn’t back by nightfall, his family called in a missing boater report. SCDNR was dispatched and found a hat that belonged to the victim floating near the private landing. A search on the water resulted in finding the victims boat washed up on land. He was recovered near the private landing later that night.

After an autopsy, it was determined that he was not a well man unbeknownst to him and his wife. How he ended up in the water is unknown. Coroner stated that he suffered a major cardiac event.

Lynches River