Louisiana man working in Georgia found dead at St. Simons Island property, police say

A Louisiana man who disappeared in Glynn County was found dead Monday morning, the Glynn County Police Department said.

Carlos Eduardo Padilla, 24, was in Glynn County on a work assignment, police said. His family reported him as missing to GCPD on Thursday, Dec. 26.

Police said family members told them that Padilla “had been acting erratically,” GCPD said in a news release.

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GCPD said it conducted ground searches, reviewed surveillance video and cell phone records, and interviewed his family, friends, and employer to find Padilla.

Padilla’s body was found at a property on Old Demere Road on St. Simons Island “by workers from a pool cleaning service,” the release said.

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Police said in the release there is “no known connection between Padilla and the residents of the home where he was found.”

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