[StBernard] Body found in St. Bernard canal

[Westley Annis]

Body found in St. Bernard canal

Published: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 5:52 PM     Updated: Thursday,
January 27, 2011, 5:55 PM

 By The Times-Picayune 

A body found floating in a waterway off Paris Road in Chalmette on Thursday
may be a man reported missing two days earlier, the St. Bernard Parish
Sheriff's Office reported.

A group of men returning from fishing found the man's body in the Davis
Canal at the back of the Gulf Outlet Marina off Paris Road, St. Bernard
Parish Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The man was carrying identification in the name of Craig Magnon, 57, whose
family reported him missing on Tuesday, Pohlmann said. However, positive
identification is still pending.

Magnon had been living on a sailboat in the vicinity of where the body was
found. He was last seen several weeks earlier, Pohlmann said.

The body was found by the sheriff's office and the state Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries. Pohlmann said the body didn't have any obvious signs
of foul play.

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