Body found floating in Mississippi River, New Orleans police say. What we know
UPDATE: Family members have identified the body pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Monday, May 2, as 15-year-old Kevin Poole Jr., multiple news outlets reported. Poole and his sisters, a 14-year-old and an 8-year-old, went missing in the river last week. McClatchy News reached out to the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office to confirm and was awaiting a response. Original story continues below.
Police are investigating after a body was found in the Mississippi River near Crescent City Park in New Orleans early Monday, May 2.
The first calls came in around 8:30 a.m about a body floating in the river, New Orleans police told McClatchy News in a statement.
Officers, with help from Harbor Police, were working to recover the body as of 11 a.m. local time, WGNO reported.
It’s not clear if it’s one of the three children who went missing last week while swimming in the Mississippi River. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search on April 24 after scouring more than 93 miles, McClatchy News reported. Volunteers having continued looking for the missing kids.
“Any official identification of the victim in this incident would come from the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office upon completion of autopsy and notification of family,” police said in the statement.
This story was originally published May 2, 2022 at 9:34 AM with the headline "Body found floating in Mississippi River, New Orleans police say. What we know."