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Authorities identify body found Thursday in Lake Lanier
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Hall County Sherrif's Office investigators gather near a vehicle on a boat ramp Thursday afternoon at Gainesville Marina after a body was found in the water earlier.
Nick Watson
Updated: Sep 30, 2016, 7:51 PM
Published: Sep 30, 2016, 7:54 PM

Authorities said Friday they believe a 65-year-old man fell off a dock and drowned in Lake Lanier.

Richard Linton Beacham, of Cobb County, was found in the water around 10 a.m. Thursday near Gainesville Marina off of Dawsonville Highway. A boater found the body floating in the water at the marina.

Hall County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Stephen Wilbanks said investigators “believe Mr. Beacham fell off the dock adjacent to his boat and drowned.”

Beacham’s body was transported to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine an exact cause of death.
Gainesville’s Ukrainian refugees fearful of future under Trump administration
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Ukrainian war refugees gather at Open Heaven Church Wednesday, March 13, 2025, to discuss their current plight in the U.S. and the possibility of their Temporary Protected Status being removed. - photo by Scott Rogers
Ben Anderson
The Times
Published: Apr 7, 2025, 2:27 PM
When Yehor Kuznietsov speaks about the war, he stares pensively into the distance as if recounting a terrible dream.
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