WEIRSDALE, Fla. —
A Marion County teenager at the center of Florida missing child alert has been found dead, deputies said.
The Marion County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that Michael Sparks, 16, has been found dead. Investigators did not provide further details, but said no foul play is suspected.
He's been Found - please update your posts to reflect this.
I can't say more for now.
Thank you all!
He's been found - it wasn't good news. But thank you all for your posts. Feel free to delete them now or redact to say "Found".
I will update when it's all on the Main News Media. Someone is already posting inaccurate info. to FB which isn't helping his relatives.
so the guy telling the story is the missing person?
No please see new link. Epic fail on my part. (ok on the part of the former news organization.
Omg! That's horrible. Were you close?
I don't know him at all - he's related to my sister through marriage.
We don't know if he tried to get back to Ohio or was abducted.
The longer it goes the worse it looks.