Search continues for those aboard lift boat in Grand Isle By Amanda Roberts and Jesse Brooks | April 18, 2021 at 10:30 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 2:39 PM
PORT FOURCHON, La. (WVUE) - The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that it is suspending its search for the remaining missing Seacor Power lift boat crewmembers 8 miles south of Port Fourchon.
Eight crewmembers remain missing.
The search will officially end at sunset Monday.
At a news conference Monday, Seacor says 17 divers are on site, but the current is extremely strong.
Coast Guard says it will suspend the search and rescue operations at sunset tonight at the scene of the Seacor power sinking. Eight still missing. 5 confirmed dead pic.twitter.com/SafpZAAWsd Rob Masson (@robmassonfox8) April 19, 2021
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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.