Dead Body Found in Louisiana Lagoon on Sunday Morning

A dead body was found on Sunday morning (August 11) in the Audubon Park Lagoon in New Orleans, Louisiana.

According to New Orleans-based Fox 8 television, their reporters observed authorities retrieving the body of a man wearing a black t-shirt who was facing down in the water.

Melissa Lee, a spokesperson for the Audubon Nature Institute, which operates the park, said she was contacted about the death at around 8:30 am on Sunday by park staff.

Around 10:00 am, New Orleans police and New Orleans firefighters were working at the scene near the jogging trail at Perrier Street and Exposition Boulevard. The scene was cleared by 10:45 am.

Authorities have not released the man’s identity or age, nor have they said if identification was found on the body.

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“Currently, this incident is being investigated as an Unclassified Death. If there are any changes to this ongoing investigation, we or the coroner’s office will let you know,” NOPD PIO James Roberson told WWL Louisiana in an email.

This is a developing story and we will update when new information is released by authorities.

Sadly, nearly eight years ago, a woman’s body was pulled from the lagoon, on October 10, 2016.

Initially listed as an “unclassified death” by police, that woman was later identified as 53-year-old Sheila Freedman of Massachusetts.

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