GA GA - Tony Lamar Cates, 50, Truck Found, Lumpkin Co, 10 May 2021

[MamaHott]

Tony Cates is the cousin of my son's coworker. We started chatting at their store the other evening, and she told me had a dream about her cousin. She said he had been missing for several months, and she felt like she was the only one who even cared that he is missing. She said he is an addict, and she feels like that fact is what is causing the authorities, the community, and even some of their family to sort of give up on him. Unfortunately, this is so common. In the area where we live, substance abuse is extremely prevalent. I have worked at a local women's rehab facility, and have seen this, firsthand.
I told my son's coworker that I would try to help out with the search, in whatever way I can. I heard about websleuths through John Lordan on YouTube (Brainscratch, Search Light, and Case Cracked), so I thought I'd check in here to see if his case is even being talked about. I'm happy to see that there are still people who care about finding missing people, even if those people have been written off because of substance abuse. Addicts are people, they weren't always abusing drugs, they have families who love them and miss them.

If anyone has heard of any updates, please let me know! I'm excited to be able to tell her tonight when I see her, that there really are caring people out there who are doing what they can to help find her cousin.

 

[mlhenn]

@MamaHott Welcome to Websleuths

What a honest and heartfelt first post.
I try to regularly check for any updates on Tony, as I’m sure other Websleuths members do as well.

It gets discouraging at times when a missing person’s case seems to come to a stand still. I can’t imagine what family and friends go through when a loved one disappears.


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Are you aware whether any searches were done for Tony?

 

[mlhenn]

Tony Cates is the cousin of my son's coworker. We started chatting at their store the other evening, and she told me had a dream about her cousin. She said he had been missing for several months, and she felt like she was the only one who even cared that he is missing. She said he is an addict, and she feels like that fact is what is causing the authorities, the community, and even some of their family to sort of give up on him. Unfortunately, this is so common. In the area where we live, substance abuse is extremely prevalent. I have worked at a local women's rehab facility, and have seen this, firsthand.
I told my son's coworker that I would try to help out with the search, in whatever way I can. I heard about websleuths through John Lordan on YouTube (Brainscratch, Search Light, and Case Cracked), so I thought I'd check in here to see if his case is even being talked about. I'm happy to see that there are still people who care about finding missing people, even if those people have been written off because of substance abuse. Addicts are people, they weren't always abusing drugs, they have families who love them and miss them.

If anyone has heard of any updates, please let me know! I'm excited to be able to tell her tonight when I see her, that there really are caring people out there who are doing what they can to help find her cousin.

Any updates on Tony?

 

[lindamichelle1]

Checking on updates for Tony too, but came up with nothing.

 

[mlhenn]

Checking on updates for Tony too, but came up with nothing.

I came across a post from his daughter, dated December 5, 2021. Unfortunately, Tony is still missing and there hasn’t been a single update/lead.

 

[wdmcmahan]

I live in a rural area in a different state. It’s pretty common around here to use church parking lots as a place to meet up with someone… or example, buying/selling items on marketplace. Maybe this was a drug transaction or maybe Tomy met someone there and got into that person’s vehicle.

I would hope the area around the church has been searched…

 

[mlhenn]

Sadly, appears to still be missing.

 

[mlhenn]

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“Find” Facebook page created by his daughter.

•March 8 post
-truck abandoned at Mill Creek Church
-phone turned off, logged out of all social media
-keys and his lunch also found in truck

…..

It’s been a year since Tony disappeared….

 

[YaYa_521]

https://www.facebook.com/101135849199227/photos/a.101155192530626/121862587126553

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Authorities believe human remains belong to missing man, arrest his brother: GBI​

Authorities believe human remains belong to missing man, arrest his brother: GBI

Authorities said this may be related to the missing person case surrounding Tony Lamar Cates.

www.11alive.com

LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — A Dahlonega man has been arrested on a murder charge after human remains, believed to be his brother's, were found in Lumpkin County, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

GBI leaders said its agents along with investigators from the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Natural Resources found human remains near the Mill Creek community.

"The remains are believed to be related to an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Tony Lamar Cates, 52, of Dahlonega," the GBI said in a statement.

However, the GBI said the human remains have not been identified and have been sent to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy.
Cates was reported missing on May 10, 2021. Authorities said his truck was found at Mill Creek Baptist Church off Mill Creek Road but had no other trace of him.

Authorities arrested Charles Edward Cates Jr. on Friday in connection with the death investigation. The 55-year-old is being held in the Lumpkin County Detention Center.

 

[dalsglen]

How sad.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Dahlonega, GA (August 26, 2022) – Charles Edward Cates Jr., 55, of Dahlonega, has been arrested and charged with the murder after human remains were found in Lumpkin County.

The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, along with the Department of Natural Resources, located human remains near the Mill Creek community in Lumpkin County. The remains are believed to be related to an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Tony Lamar Cates, 52, of Dahlonega. The remains have not been identified and will be sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

Tony Cates was reported missing in May of 2021.

The investigation is still active and ongoing. Charles Cates is being held in the Lumpkin County Detention Center.
When the investigation is complete, it will be given to the Lumpkin County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.

Arrest Made after Human Remains Found in Lumpkin County, Georgia

Dahlonega, GA (August 26, 2022) – Charles Edward Cates Jr., 55, of Dahlonega, has been arrested and charged with the murder after human remains were found in Lumpkin County.

gbi.georgia.gov

 

[CastlesBurning]

Still missing...

Missing Person / NamUs #MP92964

 

[mlhenn]

Authorities believe human remains belong to missing man, arrest his brother: GBI

Authorities said this may be related to the missing person case surrounding Tony Lamar Cates.

www.11alive.com

Unable to find an update since remains were found & an arrest made.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page has been removed.

According to a post on the FB page Justice for Tony cates there was a DNA match on May 10, 3 years after he went missing.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0eE2MqWs7GKbUjQ7AXsrpCthPYB9KXfUAqv6sr8m7h2TivL7hGTpTbZMRqtQw2WwTl&id=100082547534714