A married couple and their two grandchildren on board a plane that vanished in the Bahamas were found dead Sept. 8 after relatives launched their own search effort, a family spokesperson said.
The Royal Bahamian Defense Force confirmed the bodies of all four family members had been recovered and, in a news release said efforts remained underway to locate the Piper PA-34 Seneca that crashed one day earlier some 15 miles off Andros Island.
United States Coast Guard teams have been assisting Bahamian authorities in the search for the family, USCG Southeast District Lt. Nicolina Converso told USA TODAY…