Mandeville Body Found In Marina

St. Tammany Parish coroner’s office identifies body found in Mandeville-area waterway

THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. A TERRIBLE INCIDENT INSIDE THE BEAUCHESNE SUBDIVISION HAS LEFT A MANDEVILLE COMMUNITY SHAKEN. A BODY DISCOVERED FLOATING THERE IN THE WATER IN OUR NORTH SHORE BUREAU REPORTER SHAUNA JONES JOINS US FROM OUTSIDE OF THAT COMMUNITY WITH MORE DETAILS. SHAWANDA. YEAH, THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY INSIDE THE OCEAN MARINA HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING. SO MANY PEOPLE SAY THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT JUST DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THIS QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS JUST SO CRAZY. IT WAS JUST BEFORE 730 FRIDAY MORNING WHEN SOMEONE WALKING THEIR DOG SPOTTED A BODY FLOATING IN THE OCEAN. MARINA. SAINT TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WERE CALLED OUT WITH DETECTIVES FROM THEIR MAJOR CRIMES UNIT NOW INVESTIGATING. FOR PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY, IT’S UNSETTLING. WELL, I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR IT. STEPHEN SATTERLEE HAS SPENT TIME AT THAT SAME MARINA. HE SAYS WATER SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW IN TCHEFUNCTE ESTATES WHERE I LIVE, WHEN THE MARINA WAS PUT IN, THERE WERE SAFETY STAIRS THAT WERE ALSO PUT IN AND PAINTED YELLOW TO WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE SAFETY STEPS, STAIRS AND SWIM TO THOSE. ALTHOUGH DETECTIVES BELIEVE FOUL PLAY WAS NOT INVOLVED, RACHEL HERSEY SAYS THIS INCIDENT IS A REMINDER TO BE CAUTIOUS AND ALSO TO JUST COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR LOVED ONES. TELL SOMEBODY WHERE YOU’RE GOING, WHEN YOU’RE GOING, YOU KNOW, HEY, I’LL BE AT THIS LOCATION IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE AN IPHONE, JUST SEND YOUR LOCATION SO THEY CAN KEEP TRACK OF, YOU. NO CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN RELEASED. THE IDENTITY OF THE BODY HAS YET TO BE RELEASED. REPORTIN

St. Tammany Parish coroner’s office identifies body found in Mandeville-area waterway

The St. Tammany Parish coroner’s office has identified the body of the man found in the Beau Chene Marina on Friday morning. The man was identified as David Podesta, 78, who lived on Marina Boulevard near where his body was recovered. According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call of a body found in the Beau Chene Marina on Friday around 7:30 a.m.A man walking his dog found the body in the water inside the gated community. Autopsy results are pending, and the cause and manner of death have not been determined.

The St. Tammany Parish coroner’s office has identified the body of the man found in the Beau Chene Marina on Friday morning.

The man was identified as David Podesta, 78, who lived on Marina Boulevard near where his body was recovered.

According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call of a body found in the Beau Chene Marina on Friday around 7:30 a.m.

A man walking his dog found the body in the water inside the gated community.

Autopsy results are pending, and the cause and manner of death have not been determined.

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