DERIDDER, La. (AP) - The body of a 40-year-old woman who drowned in the Sabine River has been recovered.
KPLC-TV reports the body of Dolly Joyce Laughlin was pulled from the waterway in Louisiana Thursday morning.
Beauregard Parish Sheriff Ricky Moses says his office received a call at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday that Laughlin had been swept away by the current near the Palmer Lake Boat Launch and could not be located.
The sheriff’s office, with help from Fire District 1 and the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries searched until dark. The search resumed Thursday morning with crews finding her at about 8 a.m.
Moses says an autopsy will be conducted by the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office to determine the exact cause of death.
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Information from: KPLC-TV, http://kplctv.com
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