The autopsy is in for the Georgia businessman who went missing in Baton Rouge and was located almost two weeks later. East Baton Rouge Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says Nathan Millard died from a combination of cocaine, alcohol, and fentanyl. Dr. Clark says fentanyl is lucrative to drug dealers even though it’s responsible for the majority of overdoses…:
CUT 6 (08) “addiction disorders”
He says there is a high possibility that any illicit drugs on the streets are dangerously laced with fentanyl.

Marrero Representative Kyle Green files a bill that would eliminate the death penalty in Louisiana. He says the legislation is based on morality not to mention it’s extremely difficult to carry out a death sentence:
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The legislation says anyone who commits first-degree murder, first-degree rape, and treason would receive a maximum life sentence.

The state department of transportation says there are now just three proposed locations for a new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge – all connecting the East and West Banks of Iberville Parish. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says the $1.5 billion dollar project has received $300 million in state funding, which is a good starting point:
Cut 8 (11) “gets built”
He says they hope to narrow down the location of the new bridge when environmental evaluations are completed in the summer of 2024.

The two Baton Rouge Police Officers who died in a helicopter crash, Sgt. David Poirrier and Cpl. Scotty Canezaro, will be honored with a special procession today from the West Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office to BRPD Headquarters. It’s slated to begin around 10:30am.