Body found along Ascension Parish highway identified

GONZALES - Deputies identified a body found along a highway in Ascension Parish on June 17.

The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday the body was that of Deon Foster, 43. An initial autopsy report showed no signs of trauma, and detectives are awaiting the results of a toxicology report.

Foster's body was found around 9 a.m. along Brittany Tower Road, just east of LA 44.