The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office says a 19-year-old died in a drowning incident at Panther Creek Falls.
According to a release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, shared by the sheriff’s office, game wardens responded to a drowning Panther Creek Falls around 4 p.m. Sunday.
DNR said Habersham County deputies found Reginal Starks, 19 of Jonesboro, and recovered his remains from 12-foot-deep water near the falls.
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Game Wardens helped Habersham County Fire and Rabun County Search and Rescue transport Starks’ remains to the nearest road, where he was turned over to the county coroner’s office…