The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a man that had been reported missing on Monday.
A missing person report was filed for Michael Blanchard,51, of Labadieville, after friends and family found it strange that he did not show up for work on Monday morning and they could not reach him on his mobile phone.
Detectives pinged his mobile phone, which located the tower origin of the last signal his phone received. The results led detectives to the Grand Isle area.
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Assumption Parish detectives and the Grand Isle Police Department located Blanchard’s vehicle parked at a public beach access point in Grand Isle.
Assumption Parish Sheriff Waguespack accompanied by his investigation division traveled to Grand Isle to offer any assistance needed. Assets from Grand Isle Fire Department, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and the United States Coast Guard also arrived to assist in the search.
As night began to fall the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Air Unit located the body of Blanchard on top of some rock jetties, which run parallel to the beach in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Blanchard’s body was recovered and transported to Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office where an autopsy has been scheduled.
Sheriff Mike Waguespack asks that if anyone has any additional information, please contact the Detectives Division at (985)526-1627.
**If you have any questions concerning this news release, please contact Sheriff Mike Waguespack at 985-369-7281 (office) or 985-637-6392 (cell).**
