WE HAVE AN UPDATE NOW TO A STORY WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT ON MONDAY THE BODIES OF TWO MEN MISSING IN LAKE MAUREPAW HAVE BEEN FOUND THE BODIES OF 18 YEAR OLD ZACHARY LEDUFF TWENTY YEAR OLD ZANE BRYANT. THEY WERE FOUND MONDAY EVENING 48 YEAR OLD MICHAEL BRYANT WAS FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING AUTHORITIES. SAY THE THREE MEN THEY WERE ON THE LAKE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN LA DUFF BECAME DISTRESSED AND THE TWO OTHER MEN THEY WENT IN TO SAVE HI
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries locates bodies of men involved in boating accident
Updated: 6:25 AM CDT Jun 29, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division announced that two more bodies have been found in Lake Maurepas after a boating accident. Agents were notified around 4 p.m. on Sunday about three missing boaters at the mouth of the Blind River where it feeds into Lake Maurepas. Around 9:45 a.m. on June 27, search and rescue personnel recovered the body of Michael Bryant, 48, of Denham Springs. Agents said around 6:30 p.m. search crews recovered the bodies of Zachary LeDuff, 18, of Greenwell Springs, and Zane Bryant, 20, of Denham Springs. All three bodies were turned over to the Livingston Parish Coroner’s Office, according to Wildlife and Fisheries. All three men were passengers on a pontoon boat when LeDuff went swimming and became distressed, according to wildlife agents. Agents said Zane Bryant tried to rescue LeDuff, but he also found himself in distress. Michael Bryant then tried to rescue both LeDuff and Zane Bryant but was unsuccessful and the three men did not resurface.LDWF will be the lead investigative agency for this fatal boating incident.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division announced that two more bodies have been found in Lake Maurepas after a boating accident.
Agents were notified around 4 p.m. on Sunday about three missing boaters at the mouth of the Blind River where it feeds into Lake Maurepas.
Around 9:45 a.m. on June 27, search and rescue personnel recovered the body of Michael Bryant, 48, of Denham Springs.
Agents said around 6:30 p.m. search crews recovered the bodies of Zachary LeDuff, 18, of Greenwell Springs, and Zane Bryant, 20, of Denham Springs.
All three bodies were turned over to the Livingston Parish Coroner’s Office, according to Wildlife and Fisheries.
All three men were passengers on a pontoon boat when LeDuff went swimming and became distressed, according to wildlife agents.
Agents said Zane Bryant tried to rescue LeDuff, but he also found himself in distress. Michael Bryant then tried to rescue both LeDuff and Zane Bryant but was unsuccessful and the three men did not resurface.
LDWF will be the lead investigative agency for this fatal boating incident.