The body found at the Riverwalk Marina in Augusta on Saturday has been positively identified as 27-year-old Brandon Mathis, the man reported missing last week.
Mathis was last seen at 8 a.m. Thursday leaving his residence on the 3600 block of Langdon Drive, authorities said. He left the residence walking, and his cell phone had been turned off.
On Saturday evening, Richmond County Deputies responded to the Savannah River Fifth Street Marina in reference to a body in the river. Upon arrival, deputies located the male in the water. The Coroner’s Office responded to the scene and pronounced the individual dead at 8:25 p.m. Saturday.
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A Thursday post by Mathis’ cousin said his disappearance was unusual since he didn’t leave home much.
“He never leave home for more than 20 minutes,” Tyson Marshek said on Thursday.
Mathis’s body will be sent to Atlanta for an autopsy.
The case is still under investigation.
Greg Rickabaugh is the Jail Report contributor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at greg.rickabaugh@theaugustapress.com
