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60-year-old man whose body was found in Lake Lanier identified

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
FOX 5 Atlanta
Hall County
Updated July 10, 2026 9:33 AM EDT Published July 9, 2026 9:50 PM EDT

The Brief

    • Officials recovered the body of a 60-year-old man from Lake Lanier on Thursday evening following a reported drowning.
    • Emergency crews spent hours searching near the Shoal Creek Campground before locating the body in nine feet of water.
    • The official cause of death remains undetermined.

HALL COUNTY, Ga. - The body of a 60-year-old man was recovered from Lake Lanier on Thursday, officials said. 

What we know:

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources was dispatched along with the County Fire Rescue and the Hall County Sheriff's Office to Lake Lanier about 3:30 p.m. after a report of a drowning near the Shoal Creek Campground. 

Witnesses told authorities they saw the man go under the water and never come back up. 

According to DNR game wardens, officials spent hours scouring the lake using boat-mounted SONAR to try to locate the man. 

His body was found about 7 p.m. in about nine feet of water.

He was identified Friday morning by DNR as Glenn Cunningham of Buford. 

What we don't know:

The official cause of the man's death also has not been determined by officials. 

The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The original story was updated Friday morning with new information. 

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