BAYOU GEORGE — A search and rescue team with the Bay County Sheriff's Office found the body of a missing teen Thursday in a swampy wooded area not far from his home.
Ryan Zerbach, 17, was last heard from two days earlier, when he sent text messages to his family indicating he planned to hurt himself. He apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Zerbach left his home on foot Tuesday night before his parents arrived. Deputies searched the area with K9s and a helicopter over the course of two days before finding his body.
Zerbach was a student at Bay High School and a member of the Million Dollar Band.