Overview
- The man disappeared from a rented boat on Lake Allatoona on Sunday, prompting an immediate multi-agency search by local and state teams.
- The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources led dive teams, boat searches, and staged emergency units near Glade Marina and Allatoona Landing.
- Crews used boat-mounted sonar and a remote-operated vessel to scan roughly 60 feet of water where searchers later located the body.
- Officials identified the man as 28-year-old Fidel Ojwang of Lilburn and said his body was recovered just after midnight Monday and turned over to the Bartow County Coroner.
- Lake Allatoona sees heavy seasonal boating traffic so game wardens routinely handle water incidents, and investigators will now work to establish how he entered the water and confirm the cause of death.