Overview

• Joycelyn Nicole Wilson, a Spelman College instructor, was found dead in Lake Oconee on February 9, while her boating partner, Gary Jones, remains missing.
• The couple’s empty boat was discovered circling near Wallace Dam on February 8, leading to a large-scale search operation involving sonar, drones, and cadaver dogs.
• Jones, a track and field coach, and Wilson had launched their boat from a marina before their vessel traveled approximately seven miles on the lake.
• Authorities have ruled out a simple drowning and are treating the case as a death investigation, with an autopsy pending to determine Wilson’s cause of death.
• Search efforts for Jones have included government and private resources, with his shoes found floating near the shoreline earlier this week.