Subscribe
LogIn
AU LogIn
Subscribe
Support
LogIn
AU LogIn

Crime & Courts, News

Missing Thomson man is found dead in Appling; foul play is suspected

Kintavious Rivers

Date: March 24, 2022
By Greg Rickabaugh

The body of a missing Thomson man was found Friday afternoon on Bill Dorn Road in Appling.

Kintavious Kentrell Rivers, 25, had last been seen on Feb. 26 in Thomson.

A press release from sheriff’s Maj. Steve Morris says that the death is being investigation jointly by the GBI and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. The GBI had been helping McDuffie County in the search for the missing man.

Foul play is suspected. Autopsy results are pending, but Rivers was identified through fingerprints.

Greg Rickabaugh is the Jail Report contributor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at greg.rickabaugh@theaugustapress.com 

Recent Articles

Service cuts, tax hike remain on table as Augusta confronts $21 million budget shortfall

Doctors Hospital celebrates new training space for resident physicians

Dine and Dish: Smoke & Barrels

Central Savannah River Land Trust hosting benefit

Community honors deputy 14 years after his death

Georgia Supreme Court hears cases that could shape the future of roads, car sales and child custody

1 Comments

What to Read Next

Letters to the Editor | Opinion

Letter to the editor: Thoughts on District 125 special election . . . and Basketball – 

Crime & Courts | News

Community honors deputy 14 years after his death

Food | Lifestyle

Dine and Dish: Smoke & Barrels

The front cover of the jail report for October 24th, 2025.

Jail Report

Jail Report: October 24th

Sugarberry Hill was gifted to the Central Savannah River Trust by Laverne Dorn. Photo courtesy Central Savannah River Trust.

Events | Lifestyle

Central Savannah River Land Trust hosting benefit

Golf | Sports

Three players share lead after first round at Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Te Arai Links, South Course, No. 8; Photograph Courtesy of Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (Ricky Robinson)

Golf | Sports

Te Arai Links to Host 2026 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

The Author

Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

Comment Policy

The Augusta Press encourages and welcomes reader comments; however, we request this be done in a respectful manner, and we retain the discretion to determine which comments violate our comment policy. We also reserve the right to hide, remove and/or not allow your comments to be posted.

The types of comments not allowed on our site include:

  • Threats of harm or violence
  • Profanity, obscenity, or vulgarity, including images of or links to such material
  • Racist comments
  • Victim shaming and/or blaming
  • Name calling and/or personal attacks;
  • Comments whose main purpose are to sell a product or promote commercial websites or services;
  • Comments that infringe on copyrights;
  • Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile.