BATON ROUGE – Workers are on their third week of combing through a section of the East Baton Rouge Parish North Landfill, searching for the body of a 15-year-old who was killed.
During a Press Club lunch on Monday, District Attorney Hillar Moore said that the crew is using small rakes to search through the trash, which has been compacted by machines that add layers of dirt and more waste.
Moore said that due to the heat, the team is only able to work for 45 minutes before taking a mandatory 1-hour and 45-minute break, during which both their blood pressure and temperature are checked before they start again. Full protective gear and a breathing apparatus add to the fight against the elements…