Missing
Samuel Waters
Waters, approximately 2015; Waters's tattoos; Jeffrey Moulder
Date and time person was reported missing : 01/04/2015
Missing location (approx) :
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 21 years old
Height / Weight : 5'10, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A red hooded sweatshirt, a brown, red and white plaid button-down polo shirt, and jeans.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Light brown hair, green eyes. Waters has a tattoo of the name "Althea" on the side of his neck and a tattoo of the name "Becca" on his chest; photos of his tattoos are posted with this case summary.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Waters was last seen in Lawrenceville, Georgia on January 4, 2015. He left his home with a friend, Jeffrey Emerson Moulder, to buy beer and never returned. Moulder later said he'd given Waters a ride, but near the Walmart on Hurricane Shoals Road, Waters suddenly asked him to stop the car and let him out. He has never been heard from again.
Investigators believe Waters was murdered, and Moulder is the prime suspect in his case. The two men knew each other because they both fathered children by the same woman, and they had had arguments in the past.
According to court documents, Moulder told his girlfriend he'd choked Waters and rendered him unconscious, then placed a plastic bag over his head and suffocated him. Investigators believe he burned Waters's body in a metal barrel at his family's property on Shadburn Ferry Road in Lake Lanier, Georgia, and then buried what was left in different places around Hall County, Georgia.
A photo of Moulder is posted with this case summary. In January 2019, four years after Waters's disappearance, he was arrested and charged with seven counts of making false statements to the police. He hasn't been charged in Waters's presumed murder, only for lying about the disappearance. He is awaiting trial.
Waters left behind a pregnant fiancee; his family stated he was in love and was looking forward to the birth of his child. His case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.
Other information and links : ncy
Lawrenceville Police Department
770-963-2443
September 2021 updates and sources
Facebook pageheader for Samuel Waters
WSB-TV 2
The Gwinnett Daily Post
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
