PANAMA CITY BEACH -- The search for missing spring breaker Reny Jose will expand with assistance from a group of recruits from the North Bay Learning Center of Gulf Coast State College, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Jose, an engineering student from Rice University in Houston, was last seen March 3 by friends he was staying with, who told the sheriff’s office that Jose had taken LSD and talked about suicide before he disappeared. Deputies found his clothes, wallet and cellphone the next day in a trash can near the Front Beach Road home they rented for their visit.
Since Jose disappeared, numerous divisions of the BCSO have searched the area near the house, including the gulf waters in the area. Various other state and local law enforcement agencies also have been involved in the search for Jose.
Anyone with information should contact the Bay County Sheriff’s Office at 850-747-4700 or report it anonymously to CrimeStoppers at 850-785-TIPS (8477).