Members of the St. Tammany Parish Marine Division recovered the body of a 28 YO kayaker late Tuesday evening on Doubloon Bayou near Slidell.
At approximately 10 p.m. a man called STPSO to report his adult son missing after he located the son’s kayak overturned in the bayou behind his house.
The son was last seen fishing in the bayou at 5:30 p.m. that evening.
Using flatboats, the STPSO Marine Division searched the area of the overturned kayak and located the man’s body underwater shortly before 11:30 p.m.
The body was turned over the St. Tammany Coroner’s Office for cause and manner of death. St. Tammany Coroner Dr. Charles Preston has identified the man as 28 YO David Anderson of Slidell.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is investigating the incident.
