Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia
End of Watch: Thursday, August 19, 1999
Age: 36
Tour of Duty: 12 years
Badge Number: 261
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: August 19, 1999
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Corporal Rocky Wainwright was killed when his three-wheeled ATV crashed into a tree while participating in a search party searching for a missing 11-year-old girl in Twiggs County, Georgia.
He was driving the ATV along County Road 22, just east of the Bibb County line, when he veered off the road in a curve and struck the tree.
As of November 2022, the missing girl had never been located.
Corporal Wainwright had served with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for 12 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.