Found Deceased GA - Kevin Patterson, adult, missing after car rolled into river, Hawkinsville, 23 Jan 2019

[GuyfromCanada]

HAWKINSVILLE, GA — The family of an Adairsville man are desperate for answers in the search for their loved one who went missing while visiting family members in Pulaski County.

The sheriff's office in the middle Georgia county is asking the public to help the agency locate Kevin Patterson, who was last seen on Jan. 23 in Hawkinsville, which is about 170 miles south of Cartersville.

According to the Facebook post created by family friend Stephanie Long, Patterson was supposed to visit his brother in the city but never arrived. He is about 6 feet tall and weighs between 135 and 150 pounds. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. The vehicle he was driving was found in the Ocmulgee River, the family friend told Patch. Patterson's last contact with family was between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Jan. 23.

According to WXIA, the doors and the trunk to Patterson's Toyota Avalon were open at the time of the discovery. Cameras in the area of the Mile Branch boat ramp where the vehicle was found showed the car rolling into the river and an unknown person walking into the woods nearby, the station added.

Patch has reached out to Pulaski County Sheriff Danny Brannen and left a message for the investigator to return our call, but we have not heard back from those officials. Anyone with information about Patterson's whereabouts is asked to contact the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office at (478) 783-1521 or the agency's tip line at (478) 783-9255.

Missing Adairsville Man's Vehicle Found In Ga. River

 

[silverjug]

HAWKINSVILLE, GA — The family of an Adairsville man are desperate for answers in the search for their loved one who went missing while visiting family members in Pulaski County.

The sheriff's office in the middle Georgia county is asking the public to help the agency locate Kevin Patterson, who was last seen on Jan. 23 in Hawkinsville, which is about 170 miles south of Cartersville.

According to the Facebook post created by family friend Stephanie Long, Patterson was supposed to visit his brother in the city but never arrived. He is about 6 feet tall and weighs between 135 and 150 pounds. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. The vehicle he was driving was found in the Ocmulgee River, the family friend told Patch. Patterson's last contact with family was between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Jan. 23.

According to WXIA, the doors and the trunk to Patterson's Toyota Avalon were open at the time of the discovery. Cameras in the area of the Mile Branch boat ramp where the vehicle was found showed the car rolling into the river and an unknown person walking into the woods nearby, the station added.

Patch has reached out to Pulaski County Sheriff Danny Brannen and left a message for the investigator to return our call, but we have not heard back from those officials. Anyone with information about Patterson's whereabouts is asked to contact the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office at (478) 783-1521 or the agency's tip line at (478) 783-9255.

Missing Adairsville Man's Vehicle Found In Ga. River

Could he have got out of the car and been concussed and the man in the woods is him, or something more sinister?

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Reminds me of this case from Oregon Found Deceased - OR - Patrick Stapp, 58, missing after vehicle crash, Florence, Lane County, 30 Nov 2018

 

[GraceG]

If the doors and trunk were open it would appear that someone wanted it to sink quickly.

 

[YaYa_521]

Search For Missing Adairsville Man Enters Second Week

ADAIRSVILLE, GA — It's been nearly two weeks, and no one has seen or heard from the missing Adairsville man whose vehicle was found in a river in Pulaski County. That's according to the fiance of Kevin Patterson, who was last seen Jan. 23 in the middle Georgia city of Hawkinsville.

Crystal Campbell of Adairsville said she's even traveled to the county to gather clues about her fiance's disappearance, but still remains puzzled about these frightening turn of events. Campbell told Patch she has visited the area where the vehicle was last seen and has reviewed surveillance footage of a nearby convenience store. Neither of those actions have resulted in any leads in the case of Patterson's disappearance.

"There's still no signs of him being found," she added.

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WXIA-TV reported the doors and the trunk to Patterson's Toyota Avalon were open at the time of the discovery. Cameras in the area of the Mile Branch boat ramp where the vehicle was found showed the car rolling into the river and an unknown person walking into the woods nearby, the station added.

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However, Campbell added she has not been wholly satisfied with the agency's response in the case. She questioned why deputies did not request the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation when they found Patterson's vehicle in the river. Their perception, Campbell said, is that Patterson does not want to be found. She noted her fiance is on parole, and believes the sheriff's office is not taking his disappearance seriously because he has a criminal background.

"They are treating him (like) a criminal," she said, adding they do not see him as a missing person. "That's not how I'm treating it."

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Patterson is about 6 feet tall and weighs between 135 and 150 pounds. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about Patterson's whereabouts is asked to contact the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office at (478) 783-1521 or the agency's tip line at (478) 783-9255

 

[YaYa_521]

Deputies need help finding man who went missing in Hawkinsville

She says he did call her before he disappeared to say he loved her and the kids. He also said he wasn't sure he was, "going to get through this."

She's not sure what he meant by the calls, but she is sure that if he was okay, he would have called someone in his family by now.
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BBM - I suppose this is new info. I hadn't seen it on other articles. Hmm

 

[YaYa_521]

Body found in Cobb County field after fire

Posting for reference.

 

[Darling136]

Body found in Cobb County field after fire

Posting for reference.

This one is identified and not this missing person

 

[StarEyes]

Could he have got out of the car and been concussed and the man in the woods is him, or something more sinister?

That’s exactly what I’m thinking, too. He could have amnesia for all we know.

His fiancé said she viewed the video of the man walking into the woods. Did she think it resembled him? I can’t find info that states one way or the other.

 

[swanniee11]

still missing he has 4 kids that miss him dearly.
FB https://www.facebook.com/kp.patterson.37

 

[cybervampira]

Body found in Georgia is that of missing man

Patterson's body was found at the Mile Branch Boat Landing over the weekend. That's the same landing where someone was caught on surveillance video on Jan. 23 rolling Patterson's car into the river.

 

[MimosaMornings]

So he was at the place where his car went into the water and they just now found him?

 

[kiwijayne]

So he was at the place where his car went into the water and they just now found him?

From the article it seems the water was high. Maybe he was trapped somewhere under water and he’s just popped up sadly.