From Alabama Law
Enforcement Agency
ELMORE COUNTY – A marine-related event occurred at approximately 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, and has claimed the life of a Dadeville man. Chette L. Williams, 61, was attempting to leave his vessel, a 2005 Bennington 2575 RFS pontoon boat, when he fell into the water near a dock at Kowaliga’s Restaurant on Lake Martin just west of the Kowaliga Bridge in Elmore County.
Williams was recovered at approximately 7:19 p.m. near the same location where he entered the water and was pronounced deceased. Williams’s body has been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) for an autopsy to be performed.
The following agencies assisted with the search and recovery efforts the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office, Kowaliga Volunteer Fire Department, Red Hill Volunteer Fire Department, Real Island Volunteer Fire Department and Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division. Nothing further is available as Troopers with ALEA’s Marine Patrol Division continue to investigate.
Respectfully,
Lieutenant Jeremy J. Burkett
Administrative Bureau Director
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
