Man’s body found early Friday morning behind a former church building in Violet; No cause of death listed pending an autopsy
Posted: September 27th, 2013 | Filed under: News Releases
Sheriff’s detectives working at the scene near where the a man’s body was found in Violet early Friday.
St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s deputies found a man’s body early Friday morning. Sept. 27, behind a former church building in Violet but no cause of death has been listed pending an autopsy to be done today, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.
There weren’t signs of injuries that would have been fatal.
The body of the man, whose name hasn’t been released, was found about 3 a.m. off First Street in Violet, in an grass area behind the former Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church building, which is in the 6300 block of East St. Bernard Highway, just east of the Violet Canal, Sheriff Pohlmann said.
Officers found the man after reports that one or more people had dumped a body in bushes near the Violet Canal.
Sheriff’s detectives were following leads on who may have brought the body to where the man was found, the sheriff said.
No arrests have been made.
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