Friends and family of a man who went missing in Habersham County over two weeks ago are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to him.
On January 26, Joel Rosenbaum was released from the Habersham County jail in Clarkesville after his arrest two days earlier on a DUI charge. He left the jail with no money, no cell phone, and no coat. His car was still impounded and he did not call anyone to pick him up. Family members say all Joel had with him at the time were the clothes he was wearing and his driver’s license.
“I think he sat down somewhere and died of exposure,” Joel’s brother Harold Rosenbaum told Now Habersham, choking back tears.
Friends and family members have spent the past several weeks searching the area, talking with people, desperate to find any clue. The country club in John’s Creek where Rosenbaum worked, organized search parties in downtown Clarkesville and at Tallulah Gorge.
So far, their efforts have turned up empty.
Joel’s family says the 65-year-old suffers from mental illness. They’re asking people in the area to continue looking for him.
“If you have a piece of property – if you have a ditch by your property – just look around. See if you see him,” Harold pleads.
If you do see Joel Rosenbaum or have information that could lead to finding him, call Habersham County Investigator George Cason at 706-839-0560 or dial 911.
