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Georgia surfer found dead at bottom of 50-foot well in Mexico, just months from his wedding – WSB-TV Channel 2

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MEXICO – One of three surfers found dead at the bottom of a well in Mexico grew up in the Atlanta area.

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Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, of Atlanta, was on a surfing and camping trip with two Australian brothers, Jake and Callum Robinson, when the three men disappeared in late April.

Their bodies were later found at the bottom of a 50-foot-deep well in a remote area. All three had been shot. According to ABC News, a fourth body was found in the same well that had been there for much longer.

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Senior prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramíre told ABC News that thieves apparently killed the three men because they wanted their truck’s tires.

Three people have been linked to the case on charges amounting to kidnapping. Her identity has not been revealed.

According to People Magazine, Rhoad was scheduled to get married in August in Columbus, Ohio.

According to his college alma mater, Point Loma in San Diego, he was originally from Atlanta and graduated from Northview High School in 2009.

Family and friends have set up two separate GoFundMe accounts for his family and fiancé.

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