Texas Man Found Dead in Mississippi River in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE (KPEL) - Earlier this month, on April 1st, authorities reported that a body had been found and retrieved from the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.

The Baton Rouge Fire Department, East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office, and emergency medical services responded around 9 am near the USS KIDD Museum and the planetarium in the downtown area of Baton Rouge, but the identity of the body at that time was unknown.

On Wednesday, WBRZ reported that the coroner's office confirmed the identity of the body found as 24-year-old Dallas, Texas native, Adrien Ramirez.

Ramirez's death is currently under investigation by local authorities.

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Tuesday, April 1st, officials confirmed a man was found in the Mississippi River near the downtown area in Baton Rouge.

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