Lake Lanier Search For Snellville Boater Enters Fourth Day

The search for a Snellville man who went missing on Lake Lanier on Saturday entered its fourth day Tuesday, after search crews had no luck on Monday.

The search for Jerry Kornmeier, 57, resumed at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said.

The DNR, and sheriff's deputies from Hall and Forsyth counties, had searched until 6 p.m. Monday, utilizing side-scan sonar and other techniques.

Kornmeier went missing around 5 p.m. on Saturday, according to a news release from the DNR.

Park rangers were called to look for him in the Cocktail Cove area.

Rangers found Kornmeier's empty boat adrift in open water just outside the cove, but no sign of him. A preliminary search of the cove and surrounding areas Saturday, and further searching on Sunday, yielded no results.

Kornmeier's disappearance is the second time in the past week that a man has gone missing in the Cocktail Cove area. Authorities confirmed a body found Thursday in Lake Lanier was a missing Buford man.

DeKalb County firefighter Jason Blalock, 37, had been missing since last Saturday.