Divers find body of Atlanta man in Lake Lanier

Divers from the Hall County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources have recovered the body of an Atlanta man who went missing on Lake Lanier: Terry Daugherty was 57 years old. His body was recovered near the Sunrise Cove Marina in Hall County.

From WSB TV...

An Atlanta man reported missing on Monday night has been found in a portion of Lake Lanier in Hall County.

Terry Daugherty, 57, was reported missing at the Sunrise Cove Marina off of Flat Creek Road.

A friend says he last saw Daugherty at 9 p.m. on Monday night at the dock at the marina where his boat is kept.

Neighbors say when they woke up on Tuesday morning, they weren’t able to find him.

Hall County Sheriff’s Office’s dive team and Georgia Department of Natural Resources began searching the lake around the dock.

They found Daugherty’s body alongside the dock near where the boat was docked.

His body has been taken to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine his cause of death.

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