Body of Missing UGA Student Rebecca Greene Found in Athens Tuesday Morning

The body of Rebecca Elaine Greene, 22, of Brunswick, was found Tuesday morning in a creek on The Plaza in Athens, Georgia. Greene is a University of Georgia student. The last contact anyone had with her was on Monday evening around 5:30 p.m. 

According to a story in the Athens Banner Herald, Greene lived with her boyfriend on Indale Avenue, near the Plaza. The boyfriend told authorities he had last spoken to her at 5:30pm on Monday, after trying to arrange to pick her up at the UGA Science Library. She was a chemistry major and worked at Earthfare.

Greene texted that she would either walk home or take a bus. The story says that the boyfriend thought her phone had been turned off at 6:15pm. Police said the boyfriend told Greene's parents around 11:25pm that she hadn't come home, the story says.

A police officer found her body, about 10:30am on Tuesday, as the officer was searching the area of the Plaza where Greene’s phone was last detected.

The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) assist with the investigation into Green’s death. University of Georgia Police is also assisting with the investigation.
 
Greene’s body will be transported to the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur where an autopsy will be performed to determine a cause of death. 

Anyone having information regarding this investigation should call the Athens-Clarke County Police Department Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 706-613-3342.