Alpharetta Man Drowns In Lake Lanier

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA — An Alpharetta man's body was recovered over the weekend from Lake Lanier in Forsyth County, and the victim's death is under investigation by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

Forsyth County sheriff's deputies and firefighters were dispatched to a call of a drowning around 9:56 p.m. Saturday, May 12 on Hayes Drive in unincorporated Gainesville. A male told dispatchers that his father "had fallen into the water at their dock and had not resurfaced," the sheriff's office said.

The sheriff's office, along with the Forsyth County Fire Dive Team, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Army Corps of Engineers and Hall County Marine Units, all responded to the scene. DNR officials deployed a boat-mounted sonar and located the possible location of Jalil Poorak, 59.

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The Forsyth and Hall county dive teams entered the water, and DNR deployed a remotely operated vehicle that found Poorak's body in about 25 feet of water below where he was last seen, the sheriff's office added.

The Alpharetta resident's remains were recovered around 12:04 a.m. Sunday, May 13. The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office is investigating the drowning.

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