Fishermen Stumble Upon Body in the Bayou, and Authorities Worry a Vulnerable Person Could Have Been Victimized

“Maybe someone who was elderly or maybe somebody who maybe lived alone, our concern could be — could it be a person that had memory problems?” the sheriff said

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  • Human remains, likely of a woman, were found in a bayou in Louisiana last week and the death may have happened recently, authorities said.
  • “We had two guys who were fishing in [the] bayou and apparently came across what appeared to be and obviously was a body within the water,” the Acadia Parish sheriff said
  • A forensic examination is pending

Human remains were found in a bayou in Louisiana last week and the death may have happened recently, authorities said.

The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office first responded to a report on Friday, Feb. 20, about the remains in Bayou Queue de Tortue near Highway 13 in southern Acadia Parish.

Two fishermen came across the remains, Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson in an interview with CBS affiliate KLFY…

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