Authorities find skeletal remains at home of Georgia man who died in Hawaii
- Henry Frantz Jr., a 74-year-old man from Atlanta, Georgia, died in a scuba diving accident off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, on March 10.
- Frantz was an avid traveler and scuba diver, with interests extending beyond his passion for music as a prolific bagpiper and founding member of the Atlanta Pipe Band.
- On March 16, while settling Frantz's affairs at his Decatur, Georgia home, his family discovered skeletal remains inside a backyard treehouse.
- The remains were identified as those of Henry Hank Frantz, Frantz's 32-year-old son, who had been missing for four years, although the Decatur Police Department stated they never received a missing person's report.
- Authorities are investigating both deaths, but foul play is not suspected in either case, and the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office is working to determine the cause and time of Hank Frantz's death, noting the remains were anywhere from months to years old.
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Local Icon Dies at 74, Family Arrives to Settle His Affairs and Makes a Gruesome Discovery in Treehouse
Days after a popular bagpiper in Atlanta died while scuba diving in Hawaii, police made a grim discovery in the tree house of his backyard. Henry Frantz Jr., known as […] The post Local Icon Dies at 74, Family Arrives to Settle His Affairs and Makes a Gruesome Discovery in Treehouse appeared first on The Western Journal.
Georgia bagpiper dies in scuba accident days before son’s remains found in backyard treehouse
A Georgia family made a disturbing discovery while settling the estate of 74-year-old Henry Frantz Jr., a beloved local bagpiper who died earlier this month. Frantz died in a scuba diving accident in Hawaii on March 10, and just six days later, his relatives discovered skeletal remains inside a treehouse in his backyard in Decatur, about 15 miles outside Atlanta. The remains were confirmed to belong to Frantz’s son, Henry Doyle Colon Frantz, who…
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