The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office identified the remains as belonging to 36-year-old Jake Menard, of Lafayette.
Menard had been reported missing to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office in November 2019. Morgan City Police later received information that he had been murdered in the Gibson area.
Investigators said they learned Menard was brought to Gibson from Morgan City to “settle an unpaid drug debt,” and he was killed and buried.
Terrebonne detectives worked with Morgan City Police and Lafayette Parish detectives in a joint investigation until Menard’s buried bones were found Feb. 24 in a wooded area in the 5200 block of North Bayou Black Drive.