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May 15, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 20
3 bodies in 'Hooch not connected Officials say no link By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com
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Findley Oaks Turns 20
Findley birthday cake goes down well. Sampling the school’s 20th year cake are from left, current Principal Lacey Andrews, Assistant Principal Cindy Lamb and the school’s second Principal Steve Curry. See the story, page 32.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Three bodies found in or near the Chattahoochee River in the past week created a lot of speculation, however the three deaths appear unconnected, say officials. A 57-year-old Johns Creek woman was found Saturday, May 3. Two boaters found the body floating in the river near State Bridge Road. The victim was later identified as Gee Hee Kang. Kang was wearing street clothes. She had no identification, but did possess a key to her apartment complex mailbox, which allowed police to determine her name. An autopsy conducted by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office determined she drowned. How she ended up in the river is still unclear. “We do not know yet how
she ended up in the river,” said Johns Creek Police Spokesman Lt. Chris Byers, adding, “However there were no signs of trauma on her body whatsoever.” Two days later, May 5, a man was found in the river near Austell, in Cobb County. Identified as Perfecto Ochoa Alvarado, 34, his body was found floating on a log near the Fulton County/Cobb County line. Austell police have officially declared it a homicide and are investigating. Finally, on Sunday, May 11, the most recent victim was found along the banks of the river, on the federal park land in Roswell. Markiesha Taylor, 20, of Decatur was found about 1:30 p.m. at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area’s Vickery Creek Park, near the intersection of Ga. 9 and Riverside Road. Roswell Police Spokeswoman Lisa Holland said the
See BODIES, Page 31
Residents turn out for rezoning cases JC Planning Commission has overflow crowd By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – More than 200 residents came to the May 6 Johns Creek Planning Commission for two controversial zoning cases, one on Rogers Bridge Road in the Shakerag community and the other at the Old Alabama Road-Medlock Bridge Road intersection.
But this was just the preliminaries. The main event will be May 19. The arena is the same: City Hall, but the referees then will be the City Council. There is no title belt awarded, but it will be for all the marbles. The Rogers Bridge rezoning case centers on Bell Road and Rogers Bridge Road, where the Rogers family wants to rezone 400 acres with 101 acres for development of 120 detached homes.
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That not only gives the city an idea of what uses could be made of the property and have time to plan.” MICHAEL ROGERS, Johns Creek Resident The Old Alabama-Medlock Bridge rezoning is 20 acres zoned Mixed Use under the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP).
Both had a lot of resident opposition.
See REZONING, Page 25