Overview
- Divers from the Cherokee County Fire Department recovered a body Friday from a pond in Mayfield Park in Milton, Georgia, according to Milton police.
- Authorities said the body is believed to be 27-year-old Nathan Murray Smith, known as DJ Young Slade, with official identification and cause of death to be determined by the medical examiner.
- Smith had been missing since early Tuesday after leaving his home under what police described as unusual circumstances and without his phone.
- Investigators reported no indications of foul play and said further details will follow after forensic review and the determination of cause of death.
- Lil Jon publicly mourned his son and the family requested privacy, as tributes noted Smith’s work as a producer, artist and audio engineer and his recent releases and TV appearance.