Body found during Georgia missing person investigation

ELBERT CO. – A body has been found during an investigation of a missing Georgia man by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Release:

While conducting a missing person investigation, police have found a body in Elbert County on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.   

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to assist with a Baldwin County missing person case.  Dawson Brandon Lee, age 24, from Milledgeville, GA, had been missing for several days.  Records from Lee’s vehicle indicated he left Milledgeville and traveled to Elbert County on Wednesday, April 17.  Multiple agencies and four GBI regional investigative offices have assisted with attempting to find Lee. 

On Wednesday, at about 12:00 p.m., police found a man’s body in the woods near Lee’s abandoned vehicle in Elbert County.  

A GBI medical examiner will perform an autopsy to dermine the cause and manner of death and positively identify the man found.  Although the initial investigation indicates the man found is Dawson Brandon Lee, the results of the autopsy will confirm it.  

The early investigation indicates no signs of foul play.