GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The family of a father who vanished after a car crash tells Channel 2 Action News that police have recovered his car.
Gwinnett County police found Chris McKoy’s 2013 White Ford Fiesta near Beaver Ruin Road on Thursday afternoon. That is the area where cameras last picked up his car. McKoy’s family said the car had a flat tire that made it hard for investigators to find it.
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Channel 2′s Tom Jones has been following the search for McKoy. His family hasn’t heard or seen him in over a week since Jan. 7. The last message they got was a text from McKoy saying he had been in a car accident.
“He had told me he had a panic attack and he crashed his car,” his mother, Jacqueline McKoy, told Jones. He said someone needed to pick up his son from school.
His father says for his son to disappear is very unusual.
“This is totally out of character for him. Totally. He is dedicated to his son,” Bernard McKoy said.
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McKoy’s parents handed out flyers in Lilburn on Wednesday hoping someone recognizes their son. Jacqueline also had a message in case her son was watching the news.
“Chris. We love you. We’re gonna find you, baby. We’re going to find you and bring you home,” Jacqueline McKoy said.
The McKoy family lives in Douglas County and that’s where the missing person’s report was filed. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with any information to give them a call at 678-486-1247.
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