Body found in Miss. River identified as missing LSU student
Body found in Miss. River identified as Kori Gauthier
By WAFB Staff | April 14, 2021 at 5:54 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 8:11 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Officials confirm the body found in the Mississippi River in Reserve, La. on Tuesday, April 13 is that of missing LSU student Kori Gauthier.
Gauthier, 18, of Opelousas, was last seen on Tuesday, April 6.
The LSU freshman was reported missing after her vehicle was discovered unoccupied on I-10 East on the Mississippi River Bridge between Baton Rouge and Port Allen after a driver crashed into the vehicle after 12 a.m. Wednesday, April 7.