A Gainesville man found dead in Lake Lanier over the weekend sent troubling texts to his family threatening to harm himself, officials say.
Authorities discovered the body of 61-year-old Timothy Cline Thomas a short distance from the boat ramp at Bolding Mill Park northwest of Gainesville.
Thomas’ family members contacted the Hall County Sheriff’s Office early Saturday morning, March 25, asking for a welfare check on him. Deputies searched the area near Thomas’ home. Just before 7:45 a.m., they found his vehicle at the gate to the park’s boat ramp, the sheriff’s office says.
Believing Thomas might be in the water, personnel from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and sheriff’s office began searching the lake. They recovered Thomas’ body around 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine his exact cause of death. Investigators say foul play is not suspected.
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