Body found near I-10 in east N.O.,LA.
Body found near I-10 in east N.O. Thursday, August 03, 2006 From staff reports A badly decomposed body was found Wednesday wrapped in a blanket in high brush near an Interstate 10 exit in eastern New Orleans, police said. Police said the body was so decomposed that its gender and the cause of death were not immediately known. Police have classified it as a homicide. Police said they received a call reporting a "possible body" at the location and found the corpse at 4:22 p.m. They didn't say who called or how the person learned the body was there. The body wasn't visible from the road even though it was only yards away, behind high grass and brush at the Michoud Boulevard exit off I-10 west, on the lake side of the highway, police said. Police said the victim had two solid gold eyeteeth. Other identifying details will be released after the autopsy, police said. http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-16/115458758253330.xml&coll=1

NOPD seeks help in homicide case The New Orleans coroner’s office has ruled that a decomposed body found in Eastern New Orleans died of asphyxiation in an apparent homicide, the New Orleans police department announced Thursday. The corpse remains unidentified, but police released a few details about the homicide victim Thursday and asked for the public's help in investigating the crime. Police found the body wrapped in a blanket Aug. 2 in overgrown brush of the Bayou Sauvage refuge at the Michoud Boulevard exit off Interstate 10, according to an NOPD news release. The victim was an African-American man between the ages of 25 to 35, between 5-feet-six and 5-feet-10 inches tall and wearing a white tank top undershirt. The victim had two upper teeth covered with gold, and a fracture of his right nasal bone that was possibly from an old injury, a forensic anthropologist found in the autopsy. Homicide Detective Harold Wischan, Jr. is in charge of the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 822-1111 or (877) 903-7867. Callers do not have to leave their name in order to earn a reward for information that leads to an indictment. http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2006_12_14.html