Authorities recovered the body of Timothy R. Carey, 24, Saturday evening after he drowned while trying to swim across the Amite River near Central.
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies responded to an address near the Amite River Beach around 5 p.m.
There, witnesses told officers that Carey successfully swam from the East Baton Rouge Parish side to the Livingston Parish side of the river, but began struggling on his return across the river…