‘We pray for justice’: One year since Clarks Hill double drowning

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One 12 months later, the households of two Augusta males are nonetheless trying to find solutions.

On April 25, Eynn Wilson and EJ Kirk drowned at Clarks Hill Lake. Their our bodies had been discovered six days later, and almost 5 months after, Shontover Kirkland faces involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct expenses.

We checked in on her case with the court docket, however officers had been at a convention and couldn’t get us an replace.

However for the households of Wilson and Kirk, this has been one of many hardest years of their lives. After a whole 12 months, they’re on the lookout for motion within the case.

“We pray for justice,” mentioned Lakesha Johnson, Kirks’s sister.

This previous 12 months was one of many hardest of her life.

“I’m offended. I’m harm. I really feel a bit of me lacking as a result of my brother is now not right here. My mom doesn’t have her son. His children don’t have their father,” she mentioned

Not solely did she lose her brother, however she says their father handed away shortly after.

For Wilson’s youngest daughter–

“I miss spending time with him,” mentioned Enyia Brooks.

It’s the little issues she misses essentially the most about her dad, like their each day journeys to Starbucks.

“It was good. It was the right daddy-daughter relationship,” she mentioned.

As time goes on, they hope to maintain the group’s help as their households search for justice and peace on this case.

Johnson mentioned: “They had been cherished. They’re missed. It’s necessary that the group embraces their reminiscence and permits their reminiscence to stay on.

We’re instructed the subsequent court docket date is ready for June 21. The households say that they need as many individuals to point out as much as help Wilson and Kirk as they search for closure.

Brooks mentioned: “He was a loving individual. He was a sort individual. I simply need some good to return out of this.”

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