Crime & Safety
Lake Lanier Body Identified as Missing Boater
George "Marty" Counts of Tucker disappeared Feb. 11 while fishing at the lake.
Updated March 18, 6:52 p.m.
Lake Lanier victim identification confirmed as George Marty Counts of Tucker after an autopsy on Monday.
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Forsyth County Police pulled a body from Lake Lanier on Sunday morning (March 17). There's a possibility it's a fisherman from Tucker missing since last month, WSB-TV is reporting.
George "Marty" Counts, 47, disappeared Feb. 11 while fishing at the lake, and search crews have been trying to find him ever since. Forsyth County Sheriff's Office deputies had discovered his 15-foot boat stranded on a bank and out of gasoline.
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The body is being examined by the local coroner's office in order to make a positive identification.
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