Search for missing boater who disappeared from Lake Oconee nears two week mark
Inclement weather derailed searches earlier this week, but on Friday search crews, including Gary Jones' family, combed the waters for signs of him.
It’s too cold for cadaver dogs to search Lake Oconee for missing teacher
LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — Cold weather is forcing investigators to alter their search for a missing boater on Lake Oconee. Channel 2′s Tyisha Fernandes learned that cadaver dogs couldn’t search for Westminster teacher and track coach Gary Jones on Wednesday because the air temperature is colder than the water.
Boating couple may have been headed to restaurant on Lake Oconee, sheriff says
Funeral arrangements have been set for a Spelman instructor as officials postpone the search for her fiance, a Westminster teacher, due to weather.
Intensive Search Underway for Missing Westminster Schools Coach at Lake Oconee
The search continues for Gary Jones, a missing Westminster Schools coach, after his fiancée was found dead in Lake Oconee.
Channel 2 gets exclusive look at equipment being used to find teacher missing in Lake Oconee
PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News was the only station that got an exclusive look at what Department of Natural Resources Game Wardens have been doing on Lake Oconee while searching for missing teacher Gary Jones. They’ve been using sonar technology to find Jones in a lake that spans across 5 counties.
Volunteers searching for missing Lake Oconee boater want ‘to do something good’
David Wallace throttled up the 115-horsepower Mercury engine on his 21-foot fishing skiff and motored around a bend near Riley Shoals.
New details emerge as sheriff calls Lake Oconee search for missing Atlanta man ‘unprecedented’
Authorities plan to deploy a cadaver dog Friday as the search expands for Gary Jones, nearly a week after he and his fiancée are believed to have fallen overboard.
Gary Jones search on Lake Oconee: Day 12
After the rain delayed much of the searching Wednesday on Lake Oconee, volunteers were back on the water Thursday looking for any sign of Gary Jones. He’s the Atlanta educator who was last seen on a boat with his fiancée Joycelyn Wilson on Feb.
Spelman professor who died in Lake Oconee boating incident remembered as committed academic, adventurous spirit
Joy was a beloved educator, devoted family member, and active community participant. A celebration of life service will be ...
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Theories regarding woman’s death in Lake Oconee waters include hypothermia; search suspended until Thursday
After the search for a Westminster coach who disappeared after a Lake Oconee boating incident that left his companion dead, ...
A couple vanished on Lake Oconee. Why investigators say this is no ordinary drowning.
Authorities now consider the disappearance of Gary Jones and Joycelyn Wilson part of an active death investigation after new ...
Sheriff: Woman found dead on Lake Oconee had air in lungs that kept body afloat; Search continues in water for fiancé
The Putnam County sheriff said air found in Joycelyn Wilson’s lungs kept her body afloat in the lake. A week later, crews are ...