By Associated Press - Monday, September 26, 2016

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - Natchitoches police have recovered a body found floating in the Cane River.

Police Chief Micky Dove tells multiple media outlets that officers received a report around 9:43 a.m. Monday about a body in the river just south of the Church Street Bridge. Detectives have identified the man as 28-year-old Antonio Francisco. His body has been transported to the coroner’s office in Lake Charles for an autopsy.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Natchitoches Police Department at 318-352-8101 or Detective Bobby Beard at the Criminal Investigations Division at 318-238-3914.



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