Body of John Swanigan Found in Sebastian

January 19, 2021 Andy Hodges Sebastian, Florida Arrests - Indian River County
Body found in vehicle in Sebastian.
Body found in vehicle in Sebastian.

The Indian River County Sheriff’s office is currently investigating the death of 60-year-old John Swanigan of Sebastian.

Swanigan’s family last saw him on Friday, January 8th, 2021. Today, 11-days from when he went missing, authorities recovered his body from the trunk of a vehicle located on Dickens Ave in Sebastian.

“We had a missing person’s case, John Swanigan, and unfortunately today we came to a sad ending on that case,” Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers told Sebastian Daily.

Flowers said there is one person in custody and will conduct a search warrant to continue with the investigation throughout the evening.

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Authorities believe Swanigan’s death may be due to an overdose; however, it is too soon in the investigation to be sure.

Sebastian Daily will provide more details when available.

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Andy Hodges was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised in Jupiter, Florida. He has been a radio and TV personality since the mid-1980s. He has worked for WFLX-TV (Fox 29), WIRK, WLIZ, WIXI, WKSY, WRMF, and others. In 1994, Andy took a break from broadcasting and was a software and systems engineer for various companies. In 2002, he permanently moved back to Sebastian, where Andy's family has lived for over 45 years. He returned to the broadcasting sector in 2005. Andy joined Sebastian Daily as our editor-in-chief in 2016.