Cumming Man's Killing Remains Unsolved After More Than A Year

Garner, who lived in Forsyth County, stayed at the business during hunting season and was last seen alive at 4 p.m. the Sunday of his death, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which canvassed the area surrounding the crime scene and conducted a road check the following Monday.

GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang said the case remains a top priority for the agency's Milledgeville office and continues to be actively investigated, the Gainesville Times reports. She declined to make public any further details, including Garner's cause of death, citing the ongoing investigation.

Former GBI spokesman John Bankhead told Patch last year it was apparent Garner, who was working in the area known for "great deer hunting," was murdered and authorities were conducting a homicide investigation. 

A 50-year member of Cumming Second Baptist Church, Garner loved deer hunting, fishing and taxidermy, according to his obituary. He left behind a son, a wife and step-children, brothers, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Anyone with information on Garner's killing should call either the Hancock Sheriff’s Office at 706-444-6471, the GBI's Milledgeville office at 478-445-4173 or the GBI Tip Line at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477).

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