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Coroner identifies person found dead in bushes near Airline Highway Thursday morning

1 year 3 months 1 week ago Friday, December 09 2022 Dec 9, 2022 December 09, 2022 7:51 AM December 09, 2022 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - A man was found dead in bushes near a residential area off Airline Highway early Thursday morning. 

Officials told WBRZ a body was found in bushes at the intersection of Hanks and Victoria Drives. Friday morning, the coroner's office identified the man to be 35-year-old Jeremy Gnagie.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said it was investigating it as a "possible traffic fatality," but it was not immediately clear whether a crime took place. 

No other details were immediately available.

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