[StBernard] Wayne Landry One of Last People to See "Treme" Actor Michael Showers Alive

[Westley Annis]

OMG!  Has to be something dastardly going on!  Wasn't the actor's friend
Michael Richards also one of the last people to see him alive?

And I guess the *absolutely* last person to see him alive was the woman who
scared him into running off after her sexual advances or whatever.

*when one of the women made a sexual
move toward Showers, he took off running toward the river, rounding the
corner at Royal Street*

Must have been a pretty raunchy sexual move I guess.




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	Surveillance video reveals new details in death of "Treme" actor
	
	wwltv.com
	
	Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:21 PM
	
	Updated today at 6:36 AM
	
	Monica Hernandez / Eyewitness News
	
	NEW ORLEANS -- 4 Investigates has learned new details in the death
of an
	actor on the show, "Treme," whose body was found in the Mississippi
River
	last month.
	
	4 Investigates obtained surveillance video never before seen by the
public.
	It shows Michael Showers on the last night he was seen alive.
	
	The video shows Showers ordering a drink, and speaking with several
people
	inside a Bourbon Street bar, Funky 544, in the early morning hours
of Aug.
	23.
	
	The next day, investigators found Showers' body in the Mississippi
River.
	His death was ruled a drowning, but Eyewitness News has learned that
doesn't
	mean the case is closed.
	
	Showers' death remains unclassified, and NOPD is still looking into
whether
	it was an accident, suicide or something else.
	
	New Orleans police wouldn't go into details or speak on camera, but
a
	spokeswoman said, "There is no suspicion of foul play at this time,
but
	we're investigating all the circmustances of Mr. Showers' death."
	
	Through a public records request, 4 Investigates also obtained an
in-depth
	follow-up to a missing persons report from the St. Bernard Sheriff's
Office.
	Showers had lived in Chalmette for about a year with his girlfriend,
who
	first reported him missing in St. Bernard.
	
	The report shows Showers' girlfriend told authorities Showers wasn't
	supposed to drink, because he was on a number of medications after
being
	diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis a few months earlier.
	
	Still, investigators said Showers drank at two bars with a friend,
Michael
	Richards, that night.
	
	The first was Desi Romano's in Chalmette, where, according to the
report,
	Showers asked a bartender he knew if she could watch his dogs the
next week
	because he was going out of town.
	
	The second was Funky 544, where Richards introduced Showers to Wayne
Landry,
	a candidate for sheriff in St. Bernard Parish.
	
	Landry said in a statement Thursday, "I absolutely have no
recollection of
	meeting Michael Showers. It seems to me if the authorities saw the
tape,
	they would have approached me to see if I know the guy."
	
	According to the police report, Showers and Richards left Funky 544
around 2
	a.m. Aug. 23. In the report, Richards said they were followed by two
women
	who had agreed to go to to a hotel with them.
	
	The report said outside surveillance cameras revealed the four
outside the
	bar. It said Showers could barely walk, stumbling into a wall on
Toulouse
	Street, between Bourbon and Royal. One of the woman helped him
along.
	
	But according to Richards' statement, when one of the women made a
sexual
	move toward Showers, he took off running toward the river, rounding
the
	corner at Royal Street. It was the last time he was seen alive.
	
	Now, Shower's death remains a mystery, and his girlfriend said she
hopes
	NOPD is doing all they can to find answers to what really happened.