Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are investigating a single fatal boating incident that occurred on Lake Pontchartrain on Aug. 11 in Tangipahoa Parish.
The body of Milton B. Gomez, 66, of Ponchatoula, was recovered around 7:15 p.m. by authorities about a mile south of where the Tangipahoa River feeds into Lake Pontchartrain.
Agents were alerted around 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 11 about an unmanned 17-foot aluminum vessel in Lake Pontchartrain. LDWF agents along with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Coast Guard participated in the search.
LDWF will be the lead investigative agency for this fatal boating incident. It is unknown at this time how Gomez entered the water. Gomez’s body was found without a personal flotation device.
Gomez’s body was turned over to the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s Office to determine an official cause of death.