SU nursing student death ruled homicide, coroner confirms
Marquise Jones homicide investigation By Jesse Brooks | March 11, 2021 at 3:53 PM CST - Updated March 15 at 4:17 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The body of 21-year-old Marquise Jones, a nursing student at Southern University, was recovered from Lake Pontchartrain.
On Monday, March 15, the Orleans Parish Coroner confirmed that Jones died from a gunshot wound.
Detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 504-658-5300 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.
The body was recovered by members of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Land, Air, and Sea Emergency Rescue Division (LASER) around 3:16 p.m. on Wed., March 10.
SU nursing student death ruled homicide, coroner confirms Marquise Jones, 21, was last seen on Feb. 25 in the 7th Ward of New Orleans. (Source: NOPD) By Jesse Brooks | March 11, 2021 at 3:53 PM CST - Updated March 15 at 4:17 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The body of 21-year-old Marquise Jones, a nursing student at Southern University, was recovered from Lake Pontchartrain.
On Monday, March 15, the Orleans Parish Coroner confirmed that Jones died from a gunshot wound.
Detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 504-658-5300 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.