Officials have confirmed the woman’s body Sunday afternoon near Tallulah Falls is that of a woman reported missing in Athens earlier in the weekend.
“The investigation, while still ongoing, has revealed information that has affirmed that the identity of the female subject found in the area of Georgia 15 and Victory Home Lane in Clarkesville is Deborah Collier, 59 years of age of Athens,” Habersham County Chief Deputy Murray Kogod said in a statement.
Family members reported Collier missing Saturday, Sept. 10.
Sheriff’s office criminal investigators and the Habersham County Coroner’s Office are continuing their probe of the death.
