Published 11:28 am Tuesday, August 4, 2026 DEVEREUX, Ga. — Where is George Wayne Pailloz Jr.? That’s a question family members and local and state law enforcement authorities are trying to get answered. The 55-year-old Hancock County man has been missing for several days from his home in Devereux, located in the northwestern part of the county. Pailloz, who lives on family land in the area, was last seen by family members on Saturday, July 25, according to Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Chief Investigator Thomas Resha. The search for the missing man’s whereabouts is now in its second week. The search has extended from east Central Georgia into the Low Country of South Carolina. On Monday, deputies with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office along with several GBI agents, game wardens with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division and firefighters with Hancock County Fire Rescue searched for several hours but found no trace of Pailloz, Resha told The Union-Recorder in a telephone interview Monday night. The search also included a few volunteers at one point. Mary Chandler, special agent in-charge of the local GBI office, told the newspaper Monday that agents followed up on a lead concerning the missing man case in Milledgeville. At least three GBI agents were seen parked near Eagle Self Storage near the railroad tracks off Garrett Way. Chandler would not say whether or not the lead panned out. Resha said anyone with information as to the whereabouts…
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