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Robot aids authorities in search for teen missing in lake

Efforts will continue Monday, suspended due to busy weekend boating traffic

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Updated: Jun 23, 2012, 3:19 AM

Published: Jun 22, 2012, 7:31 PM

In the fourth day of the search on Lake Lanier for Griffin Prince, crews began using a robot with cameras and lights that can search the deepest areas of the lake. Prince, 13, has been missing since a Monday night boating accident that killed his 9-year-old brother, Jake, in the area of Shoal Creek near Buford Dam. Capt. Robert Estrada with Tow Boat US described the remote-operated vessel as a “mini submarine on a tether.”

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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier

Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers

04032025 FALCON 2.jpg — Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers

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Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 6:39 PM

Published: Apr 2, 2025, 6:40 PM

A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.

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