{"id":291829,"date":"2026-06-01T15:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291829\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:06:10","slug":"parris-island-drill-instructor-found-dead-in-florida-hotel-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291829\/","title":{"rendered":"Parris Island drill instructor found dead in Florida hotel room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A drill instructor stationed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, S.C., was found dead in Florida over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sgt. Albert Hayes II was on temporary additional duty and conducting a poolee function event in Jacksonville when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PN7AE3QYWJHTRFUNOPHKSRS2TE.jpg\" width=\"1284\" height=\"964\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The 24-year-old was from Austin, Pennsylvania, and was a Military Occupational Specialist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In life, he had been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FHI5PIB4PVFKFHITWRU7QZQFNE.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The death is now being investigated by the sheriff\u2019s department in Bradford County, Florida, with the Marine Corps fully cooperating.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WRDW\/WAGT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A drill instructor stationed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, S.C.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-291829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}