Are the deaths just regular crimes or is there something more at work? Jessica Gant Sexton is a Licensed Professional Counselor helping individuals, couples, and families overcome adversity and grow stronger. Jessica Marie Clark, age 28-arrested; Noah Coker-in prison; Mark Coker-arrested; Joshua Collins- already in custody; Kevin Cosper-arrested; Robyn Samantha Dost, age 27-arrested; Chelsea Dover, age . 2015.01.04 After 9:00pmHe returns home. At 4am, he awakened suffering from cold or flu symptoms, and sometime before. 2015.01.04 9:00pmKelly is seen on CCTV purchasing cold medicine at a gas station near his house. Interestingly, although the deaths of Delia Parker Young and Susie Roberts is an old, mostly forgotten case, it has spawned one of the areas most persistent and frightening local legends. It was not until one month after his strange disappearance, on February 8, that Nashs badly decomposed body was found in Lake Lanier by a fisherman. Some members of his family have commented they suspect Jessica was involved. The gruesome find came after a month-long exhaustive search conducted by the missing man's family and friends accompanied by cadaver dogs. Even the ferries that were put out of business by the lakes creation were simply abandoned to become rusting hulks littering the bottom and the shore. He is on the phone with Jessica at the time. Not to say that Jeffery did it, but that story is bizarre and doesn't quite add up to me. Kelly and his father Alan/Courtesy of the Nash Family 2. How often do people shoot themselves in the back of the head? Sheriffs office: Gunshot wound found on Kelly Nash, No official cause of death released; TV special airs Sunday, SPONSORED: How to start a hiking, backpacking habit in 2022. Subscribe Today! He left behind his wallet, phone, ID and truck. Hannah Trueloves death remains a mystery. Kelly had been dating his girlfriend Jessica, 30, for three years. 2015.02.08A fisherman found Kelly's body in Lake Lanier. Yet nevertheless, there are still those who insist that even considering these circumstances the number of deaths, weird accidents, and injuries at Lake Lanier is unusually high, and believe the lake is truly cursed, haunted, or both. The morning coffee comes with an unsettling vista for Alan Nash. Did he commit suicide or was he lured outside? While a lot of people have been quick to call the lake cursed, one of the more likely reasons for these incidents is probably due to the areas rapid rise as a popular place to visit. At one point this enigmatic figure shouted something to the two fishermen and proceeded to jump off of the raft into freezing water to swim towards them. Brent Swancer is an author and crypto expert living in Japan. 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Kelly Nash played basketball for Lakeview Academy. In some of the cases, people who drowned fairly close to shore have had their bodies turn up in positions far from where they died, which is probably due to currents but when mixed with spooky rumors becomes a case of ghostly forces dragging corpses through the water before discarding them. Jessica Sexton is an epidemiology PhD student. You do what you have to survive, to go on, Kellys mother Beverly Nash said. On the night his son was found, Alan Nash was in Orlando. Jessica received her Masters of Education in Professional Counseling, Community Counseling from the University of Georgia. Is his death related to Samuel Waters' disappearance? The body was decomposed to the point of being unidentifiable, but the belongings found on it, including a purse, rings, and watch were able to conclusively prove that the body was that of the long missing Susie Roberts. During the 5 years it took for the lake to completely fill to its intended water level, the government would buy up over 50,000 acres of prime farmland and pristine wilderness, moving more than 250 families, 15 businesses, and even relocating 20 cemeteries along with their corpses in the process. One such case revolves around a Georgia man by the name of Kelly Nash, 25, who went missing from his home in Buford, Georgia, on January 5, 2015. Why would he ask his friend to let him out of the car? Local 10. For 18 months, police were unable to find any further clues and no trace of the missing women or the car, but then a fisherman named C.A. A 17-year-old girl who lived on the cove where his body was found took a picture of him and posted it on her Twitter account. The body was badly decomposed so we did not observe any immediate trauma to the body, wrote Hall County Sheriffs Office spokesman Deputy Nicole Bailes in a Feb. 9 email. You can't get any of the stronger stuff over the counter, but if he mixed with with something else and had combined ingredients, it could mess him up a little. This could have something to do with it. Also the facebook scrub is not suspicious in my mind. Maybe he took other medication with it; sleeping pills, benzos, etc. How he got there remains an unsolved mystery. 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Hall County sheriff's officials declined to comment on whether foul play is now suspected in the case. He knows that sight out the window toward the docks wont make him happy but will eventually not make him sad. Nash disappeared from his Jimmy Dodd Road home on Jan. 5. Early on there were newspaper reports that Kelly had been spotted in a bad part of town the day before his disappearance and that he had a burner cell phone. The tattoos on the body of the 6-foot-2 former college basketball player helped police positively identify the victim as Nash, but because of the deteriorated state of the corpse officials did not immediately observe any signs of trauma. Jessica is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a member of the Licensed Professional Counselor Association. Sad end:Kelly Nash (left), 25, went missing from his Georgia home January 5. In 2012 the trend continued when a quick succession of violent deaths and horrific injuries occurred here which made national news. 'Our story is one of hope': Conjoined twins who made history as first EVER pair survive to separation As Charles Bronson faces a parole hearing on Monday Will Britain's most violent prisoner soon be painting Is this Britain's most despicable man? One of the most popular local tales concerning the alleged giant catfish of Lake Lanier concerns a truck carrying live chickens, which supposedly hurtled off of the Thompson Bridge in the 1980s and sank to the bottom along with its cargo. Kelly Nash, 25, disappeared from his Buford home Jan. 5, 2015, setting off massive searches and attention for the Georgia Gwinnett College student. Kellys friends during all of this were phenomenal, she said. The father adjusts his camouflage Auburn cap Kellys hat, which fits him perfectly. -, Press J to jump to the feed. There are 100+ professionals named "Jessica Sexton", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. The countless hours, food donations and fliers printed still amazes Alan Nash, who said he still wants to find a way to thank all of those who helped. A massive search would subsequently be launched for Nash, involving authorities, family and friends, and dogs specially trained to sniff out dead bodies, and a $50,000 reward was offered for any information, yet no trace of the man or his whereabouts were found. Are the ghosts and giant catfish just spooky local lore, tall tales, and superstition, or is there more to it than that? Lewis and stay close to his son. Bernard Sexton Senior Associate Cincinnati, OH 513.651.6969 Email Practices Litigation Biography Jessica has experience working on litigation matters involving claims of employment discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, and wage and hour violations. 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On Sunday, April 12 at 9/8c, Investigation Discovery (ID) is featuring the tragic case of Buford resident Kelly Nash on its upcoming special: GONE IN GEORGIA: A DISAPPEARED SPECIAL. and walked out the house. He's written articles for MU and Daily Grail and has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM and Binnal of America. In 2011, this menacing reputation for accidents and deaths began to get more public attention when there were a total of 17 deaths on Lake Lanier, many due to freak accidents. Related To Danielle Sexton, Janah Sexton, John Sexton, Mark Sexton, Ursula Sexton. This alarmed the two fishermen, who pulled in their lines and were in a hurry to get out of there, thinking it was perhaps someone meaning to do them harm. He could also have scared someone being in a sleepwalking state, interacted with a stranger and got shot. Kelly's body was found in the cove behind his father's house. 2015.01.05 4:20amSomeone is captured on the gas station's exterior CCTV walking down the road. ","confirmFieldErrorMsg":"These fields must match! Police also said that this was not foul play (leaving only suicide or accident.). One of Alan Nashs favorite pictures with him and his son, almost two years ago from a wedding, is slightly askew on the wall. A poster on Reddit says that a pump at the gas station that Kelly walked by was set on fire the same night Kelly went missing. In light of this discovery, it was concluded that the other body had indeed been Delia Parker Young, the headstone was changed accordingly, and Susie Roberts was buried beside her. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. The states of Alabama and Florida were particularly unhappy about how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulated the flow of water from Lake Lanier to their states. 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