Members of the STPSO Marine Division located the body of missing boater, Billy Coile, Monday afternoon approximately 3/4 of a mile offshore near Green Point.
The body was turned over to the St. Tammany Coroner’s Office, who will make a determination on the cause and manner of death.
Coile borrowed a friend’s boat to go fishing on Jan. 7, but never returned. The unoccupied boat was found the next day, floating under the Causeway Bridge near mile marker 23.
Sheriff Randy Smith offered his condolences to Coile’s family and his sincere appreciation to the STPSO Marine Division, the STPSO Dive Team, Wildlife and Fisheries and the countless volunteers who never gave up, searching from daylight to dark and using every resource available, every day for over a week, to bring closure to this family.
