St. Tammany Parish investigators need your help in identifying human remains found more than 40 years ago. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The two teenagers killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Mardi Gras celebration in Mamou have been identified. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Another Carnival season has come and gone in Louisiana. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser says it was good to see the severe weather on Tuesday did not damper the spirits across south Louisiana, even though parades times were moved up and two major parades in New Orleans were shortened.
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Nungesser says looking at New Orleans there were only a few incidents in the city but mainly went off without any major incidents along the parade routes.
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Looking outside of New Orleans, Nungesser says they have seen more out of sate visitors in cities outside of New Orleans year after year looking for more family-friendly affordable Carnival experiences.
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A man whose remains were discovered back in 1984 is still unidentified, and the coroner in St. Tammany Parish needs your help. Hunters found the remains below the I-59 bridge on the bank of the West Pearl River near the Mississippi state line. Coroner Dr. Christopher Tape says exactly when the man died is unclear.
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Dr. Tape says even though only the bones remained, through genetic genealogy, investigators were able to establish some characteristics.
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Tape says the circumstances surrounding the man’s final moments are unclear.
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Tape says while they’re not ruling out murder, it’s unlikely that foul play was involved, given the lack of evidence of any injuries before death. He says there was a pocket watch and a bell with the body, and the skull had an extra tooth.
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Clocks spring forward an hour this weekend and its a great time to check smoke alarms too. That’s according to State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ken Pastorick who says smoke alarms are proven to save lives and that’s what happened last Saturday in Hammond.
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Pastorick says if 66-year-old Clifford Walker didn’t have working smoke alarms, there’s a good chance he and his five-year-old godchild would not have made it out alive after a first in the attic got out of control. He says last year 73 people died in residential fires in Louisiana, and only in three cases there were working smoke alarms.
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Pastorick suggest monthly testing your smoke alarm and replacing them if they are older than ten year. HE also urges family s to practice a home escape plan that has two ways to exit a room and have an outdoor meeting are.
Pastorick syas if you dont have a smoke alarm and cant afford one then Operation Save-a-Life can help.
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You can get more information and register for a smoke alarm at LASFM-dot-org.