raymond howell jr. 's body was found near a culvert alongside a road in mckinney , texas - around four miles from where he attended school at mckinney boyd high - on thursday .
police , who were on the scene at 7 am , have not confirmed how he passed away but friends on social media reported that he never would have taken his life , but mckinney police confirmed on thursday that it was suicide .
loss : the body of raymond howell , jr. was found early on thursday morning a few miles from his school .