"Buckwild" star Shain Gandee found dead

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="image620 " style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 350px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;"><img alt="Shain Gandee of the MTV reality series "Buckwild."" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/04/01/20120521_buck_wild_0005_r_620x350.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;" /></div><div class="imgText" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shain Gandee of the MTV reality series "Buckwild." <span class="greySplitter" style="border: 0px; color: #c4c4c4; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">/</span> <span class="creditImg" style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">MTV</span></div><div class="imgText" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="creditImg" style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">West Virginia authorities say that Shain Gandee, one of the stars of the MTV reality show "Buckwild," has been found dead, along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kanawha County Sheriff's Department Cpl. B.D. Humphreys says the 21-year-old, his uncle David Gandee, 48, and the third man were found Monday near Sissonville.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><a data-assetid="10016312" data-assettypeid="49" data-nodeid="207" data-overlay="1" data-overlayenabled="true" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-207_162-10016312-1.html" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="storyEmbed" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(222, 222, 222); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; clear: left; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 4px 20px 20px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 220px; zoom: 1;"><figure class="gallery" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px -32px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 40px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 220px;"><img class="image220" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/04/01/fb_03_220x157.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; height: 140px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 220px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 0.85em; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 4px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 220px; z-index: 11;">9 <span style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">PHOTOS</span></div><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; color: #202022; font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.07em; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 220px;">"Buckwild" star found dead</h3></div></a><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Authorities had been searching for the men since early Sunday morning. They were last seen around 3 a.m. Sunday at a bar in Sissonville and they told people they were going driving off-road.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Humphreys said state police were getting ready to send out an aviation unit to search for the men when authorities received a call Monday morning that a vehicle was found wrecked in a muddy area a few miles from Gandee's home in Sissonville, about 15 miles outside of Charleston.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Authorities found the 1984 Ford Bronco that belonged to the Gandee family in a ditch with all three men inside. Humphreys did not provide details on the condition of the vehicle or the bodies. He said no foul play was suspected.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said the news was devastating for the small community near Charleston.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's a very sad day for the Sissonville area and for these families," he said. "This is a small community, and most of us know directly members of these families. We're keeping them in our hearts and prayers."</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shain, nicknamed "Gandee Candy" by fans, was a breakout star of the show that followed the antics of a group of young friends enjoying a wild country lifestyle. It was filmed last year, mostly around Sissonville and Charleston.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"We are shocked and saddened by the terrible news about Shain Gandee, and those involved in this tragic incident," a spokesperson for MTV <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704696/shain-gandee-dead.jhtml" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">said in a statement</a>. "We are waiting for more information but at this time, our main concern is for the Gandee family and their friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met and we will miss him dearly."</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The network announced in February that it had <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57567971/buckwild-gets-renewed-for-second-season/" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ordered a second season</a> of "Buckwild." It said the half-hour series in the old "Jersey Shore" time slot was pulling in an average of 3 million viewers per episode since its premiere and was the No. 1 original cable series on Thursday nights among 12- to 34-year-olds.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shain Gandee is the third "Buckwild" cast member to make headlines.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last week, 24-year-old Salwa Amin <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57576669/buckwild-cast-member-salwa-amin-lands-back-in-west-virginia-jail/" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">was sent back to jail</a> for violating the terms of her bond following a February arrest. She was charged with two counts of drug possession with intent to deliver and initially jailed on $200,000 bond. That was later reduced to $100,000, but Amin remained behind bars without bond on Monday.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">State Police say a multi-agency task force arrested Amin and two other people at a residence after receiving a tip from an informant. A search found oxycodone pills, heroin and $3,000 in cash.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another cast mate, Michael Douglas Burford, was charged in February with driving under the influence.</div><br /></div>

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