BATON ROUGE, LA. (THECOUNT) — Jeffery Wilkinson has been identified as the victim pulled from the Mississippi River Monday near the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino & Hotel, located on France Street, in Baton Rouge, LA.
Wilkinson, 37, was located Monday morning in the Mississippi River on the heels of a heavy police presence downtown near the Mississippi River Monday morning.
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Authorities say the cause of death is drowning. A toxicology report is pending.
Wilkinson had been reported missing Saturday.
Authorities say a man in his twenties entered the river around 7 a.m. Crews worked over the weekend in an attempt to locate him. source
The investigation is ongoing.
anyone with information on the fatal incident should contact police at 911.