Body of victim’s wife found earlier this month, LDWF says.
The body of a Baton Rouge man missing since Dec. 28 while on a camping trip on the Bogue Chitto River with his wife was found today (Jan. 28), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.
The body of 63-year-old William Holloway was found about 8 a.m. about 1 1/2 miles downriver from where his capsized boat was found, the LDWF said.His wife’s body was found Jan. 12 about a quarter of a mile from the boat, the agency reported earlier.
Searchers had searched for the couple since Dec. 28, when their boat was found overturned in the river, Einck has said.
The boat was a mile from the Pearl River Navigational Canal’s Lock No. 3 boat launch at Sun, officials have said.
Investigators believe the couple had been camping in the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge, Einck has said.
