Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident in Orleans Parish.
The bodies of Levi Slaughter Jr., 87, and his son Levi Slaughter III, 62, both of New Orleans, were recovered on Nov. 18 from Lake Pontchartrain.
Agents were notified about 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 18 of an unmanned 19-foot boat near Irish Bayou in Lake Pontchartrain. LDWF agents along with the New Orleans Police Department and U.S. Coast Guard immediately conducted a search for the missing boaters.
First responders found the bodies near the unmanned vessel about 8:15 p.m. According to family, the Slaughters had left to go fishing around 8 a.m. that morning. It is unknown at this time what caused the men to enter the water.
LDWF will be the lead investigative agency for this fatal boating incident. Both men were found without wearing personal flotation devices. The bodies were turned over to the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office to determine a cause of death.