body found

Officials are working to figure out the best way to get the body out of the water.

A second man's body has been recovered from Toledo Bend Lake after a fishing trip went awry for two men this past weekend.

An autopsy will be conducted Monday to confirm the cause of death.

The body of a woman was found in Lake Ponchartrain on Monday, May 31, two days after Causeway Police say a woman jumped off the bridge near the Metairie side on Saturday.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Blaise Smith says that Melancon has booked with second-degree murder charges.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it has recovered the body of a missing boater after a crash near the Butte La Rose Visitor Center Boat Launch last week.

The Natchitoches Sheriff's Department recovered the body and vehicle of a woman who has been missing since 1993 in the Cane River on Monday.

A Southern University student was found dead in Lake Pontchartrain on Thursday afternoon after being missing for two weeks.

Family members told KATC-TV 3 earlier on Monday (3/8/21) that the man's body had been found under the Basin Bridge near Whiskey Bay close to where his car was found abandoned yesterday.

A Lafayette Consolidated Government work crew cleaning a coolly near Hillside Drive found a dead body on Friday.

The body found Tuesday morning is being identified as 58-year-old Donny Joseph Jacobs of Sunset, according to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office.

An investigation is underway in St. Martin Parish for a body that was found Friday morning at Lake Martin.

Lafayette Police report a body was found this morning in a Lafayette park.

The cause of death has not yet been released.