Overview
- A 21-year-old woman was reported missing at Fort Yargo State Park after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and prompted an immediate search of the park.
- State search teams closed most of the park and deployed Georgia Department of Natural Resources game wardens along with dive crews to scan the park’s 26-acre lake with side-scan sonar.
- Winder Police circulated a physical description and the clothing she was last seen wearing and asked the public to call 911 or the Winder tip line at (678) 425-6849 with information.
- Police said the woman, identified in reports as Erica Gibson, was located safe in the Atlanta area on Friday after investigators followed leads that put her outside the park.
- Fort Yargo’s water search shows the operational complexity of underwater searches in small recreational lakes and the role of coordinated state and local teams in missing-person responses.