Missouri woman dead after being pulled from Gulf waters in Bay County
A Missouri woman has died after being pulled from Gulf waters on Sunday.
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office responded to the beach near Carillon on the west end of Panama City Beach on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at about 11:30AM at the report of a distressed swimmer.
“Family members, realizing that 60-year-old Debbie Szymanski was not responsive in Gulf waters, had already begun to bring her to shore,” officials said. The BCSO and EMS responded to the scene. Ms. Szymanski was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced deceased.
The victim and family were visiting Bay County from St. Louis, Missouri.
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