Personnel respond to unattended death at Lake Russell near Mt. Airy

Personnel from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and Habersham County Emergency Services were dispatched at 7:46 a.m. Wednesday to an individual who had been found deceased in a picnic area near Lake Russell Beach. Lake Russell is a 100-acre lake located near Mt. Airy in Habersham County, with access off Dicks Hill Parkway near Cornelia. 

Habersham County Coroner Kasey McEntire said foul play is not suspected in the death of the 21-year-old man, whose name is being withheld pending family notification.

The individual was located by a park employee, who immediately called 9-1-1 to report the discovery.

McEntire said the body has been sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner’s Office for further examination.