GoFundMe Account Created To Help Mother of Teen Found Dead

ALPHARETTA, GA -- A GoFundMe account has been created to help the mother of the Cambridge High School student found dead over the weekend in Lake Windward.

The account was created by Karlie Allen, and seeks to raise $20,000 of the 18-year-old's mother take care of expenses related to Chamberlain Ivey's sudden death.

"Today we lost someone so beautiful and kind to us all," Allen said. "Through these hard times a lot goes into play: mourning, pain, and much more. Chamberlain's mom, Yolanda, is the sweetest woman I have ever met. I feel we all need to help support her during this time of mourning; Chamberlain would want that more than ever."

As of late Tuesday afternoon, $18,767 had been raised so far.

Ivey's body was discovered inside the lake after he disappeared from a "large party" gathered at a home on Clipper Bay Drive, the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said Sunday evening.

According to police, officers were dispatched around 3:40 a.m. Dec. 18. Those officers met with a homeowner on Staghorn Court who thought a burglary was in progress due to the loud noises, but officers stumbled upon a party at the home on Clipper Bay Drive.

While at the scene of the party, those officers were told that a male was missing from the gathering.

"[The] investigation revealed the male had left earlier on foot and was brought back to the party," Alpharetta Department of Public Safety spokesperson George Gordon said. "He then disappeared again."

Officers searched the wooded area and shoreline of the lake to no avail. They later launched a search of the lake, and found Ivey's body underwater near the back of a home.

Alpharetta police detectives are investigating the "possibility that illegal narcotics played a role in the events that transpired," Gordon said.

Gordon added police are waiting for the autopsy results from the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office to determine Ivey's official cause of death.

Photo: a young Chamberlain Ivey, who was found dead early Sunday morning in Alpharetta. Credit: GoFundMe