Brian Benjamin Bellard, a 44-year-old white man, was found fatally shot in his bedroom at the Lodge of Athens apartments in Athens, Georgia, on October 10, 2025. His roommate, Lewis Kern, called 911 at 11:22 p.m., saying he heard a gunshot and found Bellard unresponsive on his bed with a gun in his hand. Earlier that evening the two had returned from a downtown bar and, according to Kern’s account to police, argued about bringing women back to the apartment; the argument became physical and a table in the living room was broken.

Athens-Clarke County detectives opened an investigation and scheduled an autopsy with the state medical examiner to determine cause and manner of death. No suspects had been publicly named and no arrests were reported while authorities continued to investigate. Two months later Kern was found dead in the same apartment; police said both deaths were under investigation and initially indicated there did not appear to be anything criminal in Bellard’s case.

Does anyone have information about Brian Bellard, the evening of October 10, 2025, or the Lodge of Athens apartment complex that could help investigators?