Missing Lamar County woman found dead

MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has found the body of a Lamar County woman who had gone missing over five days ago.

39-year-old Lori Williams went missing last week.

The Georgia State Patrol Aviation Unit found her body around Klopfer Road near Bolingbroke, after deputies searched nearly 15 miles of wooded area this morning.

They split up into groups of six, and used dogs to help, but the use of helicopters allowed searchers to cover more ground.

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MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for a missing Lamar County woman after her vehicle was found in a wooded area of Monroe County Sunday.

According to a Facebook post from the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office, Lori William’s car was found in the southern part of Monroe County, but there was no sign of Williams.

The DNR and the Dept. of Corrections searched an area with K-9’s and did not locate her.

The Monroe County Search and Rescue Team will spend Monday doing a grid search of the “very dense area.”

Williams was last seen May 2. She is 5-foot-5 and weighs about 250 pounds.