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EDITOR'S NOTE: As a feature each Sunday, GOATLANTA will highlight a Georgia missing persons case.Family, friends and authorities continue to wonder just what happened to Justin Gaines.
On Nov. 1, 2007, Gaines (18 at the time) returned home from Athens, changed his clothes and went out with friends to Wild Bill's, a bar in Duluth.
After several hours at the bar in Duluth, Gaines reportedly was last seen around 1 a.m. Gaines was said to have called his roomate for a ride about an hour later, but the roomate was not available. With that phone call, that is the last anyone had heard from Gaines.
According to family members, Gaines has two other ID's besides his own - Brad Allen and Brad Shewe. Gaines is described as being approximately 5' 10", around 210 lbs. and had both his ears pierced.
While initially a missing persons case, authorities recently said that some evidence may indicate Gaines was a victim of foul play.
His family has issued a reward of $25,000 for information leading to his whereabouts.
Gwinnett County police say a 38-year-old Stone Mountain man died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head.
The body of Marc Stewart, president and CEO of Island Coast Entertainment, was discovered in his Ford Explorer Saturday evening in the Duluth area.
Stewart had not been heard from since phoning his wife last Wednesday evening to say he was on his way home from work for dinner.
According to police, the initial investigation is that Stewart's death is a homicide, not a suicide.
Authorities also said early on that Stewart's bank card and cell phone were used later in the evening after he phoned his wife last Wednesday. Police have not said if any images of someone using his bank card have been recorded.
Authorities reported they discovered the body of a missing DeKalb County man over the weekend near Duluth.
According to investigators, the body of 38-year-old Marc Stewart was discovered inside his Ford Explorer late Saturday evening.
The Stone Mountain resident had been missing since last Wednesday evening. Stewart reportedly phoned his wife that evening to tell her he was on his way home from work.
Bank of America officials reported that hours after Stewart phoned his wife, "irregular activity" took place on his bank card.
Stewart had work as the head of Island Coast Entertainment, a 10-year-old event planning company headquartered in Atlanta.
Police have arrested a Duluth man who they say impersonated an officer and raped a woman last year.
According to the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department Fugitive Unit, Preston Kennedy Mitchell, 47, was taken into custody for falsely informing a woman he was a police officer and showing her a badge and gun before raping her last February.
Police obtained warrants for Mitchell's arrest, and he was taken into custody on Monday at a local gas station.
A former Pebblebrook High School teacher has turned himself in to face charges of enticing a child for sex.
Corey L. Grayson, 32, of Duluth, is accused of soliciting a 15-year-old student in the schools bleachers last week, according to the warrant. Grayson, who recently resigned his job post at the school, reportedly asked the student to write down what she wanted him to do to her on a piece of paper and put her number and address on it, according to the arrest warrant.
According to the schools Web site, Grayson was a member of the Mableton High Schools physical education department, coached freshman basketball and was an assistant volleyball coach.
Grayson was booked and released after posting a bond of $1,313.
EDITOR'S NOTE: As a feature each Sunday, GOATLANTA will highlight a Georgia missing persons case.
