The Georgia teacher was last seen over a week before celebrating his 50th birthday on a fishing boat along with his fiance, who was found dead on the lake the following day.
Westminster school teacher and coach Gary Jones and his bride Joysiln Wilson were found at Lake Oconey, a popular recreational destination, about 70 miles east of Atlanta, and the boat was discovered and turned around. It disappeared on February 8th when it was discovered
Wilson's lifeless body was pulled out of the water by a first responder on February 9th, not too far from where Jones' shoes were found.
The diving team and cabador dog are still looking for an area – both officials about the “working theory” thrown from the boat He spoke to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Both were healthy and able to swim, according to Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills.
“I'm not critical. I'm not saying he caused this, but I'm telling you the facts of the matter,” Sills said. “So, it was a dangerous kind of situation.”
The day the couple disappeared, they picked up a fishing boat, checked into the hotel, and crashed into the lake to celebrate Jones, officials said. The couple was last seen on the water by witnesses around 3:30pm, the outlet said.
Less than two hours later, the boat was found running round in the sky.
Jones wallet, driver's license and hotel key cards were also on the boat.
Wilson, a mathematics instructor at Spellman College, was found floating the next day due to air in his lungs when he died.
“I'm not saying she couldn't own. It's up to the medical inspector who hasn't finished reporting, but it was enough to prevent her from going all the way to the bottom,” Sills said. . 11 Alive reported.
She was still holding her cell phone.
Emergency Dive Response Team Richard Pickering said on Tuesday morning that one “work theory” was when Jones and Wilson kicked out of the boat into the water, causing the boat's motor to go to something. When criticized, the Journal Constitution.
“Every time we go outside,” Pickering said.
However, there is no evidence that the boat is damaged.
Among those looking for a science teacher was Westminster alumni Lauren Cherry.
“He's like a father to everyone, and if he had found out that every one of us was missing, he would have been the first to look for us,” she said. Talking to Fox 5 Atlanta.
Wilson and Jones first met as students at Clark Atlanta University 30 years ago, but they had reconnected, Wilson's friend Natasha Harrison told the Constitutional Journal.
They were engaged during their holidays and were scheduled to get married on March 14th.
