A canine search team from Juneau found the body of 26-year-old Haines resident Jonathan Ward Wednesday morning near the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds.
Ward apparently committed suicide, said trooper spokesperson Megan Peters.
Two guns – a shotgun and a pistol – were found with the body about 300 meters southwest of the fairgrounds in a wooded, hilly area, Peters said.
She would not say whether gunshot wounds were present on the body.
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