Anthony K. Joseph – RIP
The man found floating in the bayou was identified as Anthony – it certainly highlights the “we all die alone” comment – Anthony, rest in peace.
Coroner identifies body pulled from Bayou St. John.
by Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
Thursday June 25, 2009, 9:02 AM
Eliot Kamenitz / The Times-Picayune
New Orleans police divers and officers pull the body of Anthony K. Joseph, 53, out of Bayou St. John Monday.
The New Orleans coroner’s office Thursday identified the man found floating Monday in Bayou St. John as 53-year-old Anthony K. Joseph.
Chief coroner’s investigator John Gagliano said Joseph died by drowning, but officials are still unsure how he got in the water. Investigators do not suspect foul play, he said.
Joseph was found about 3 p.m. where the bayou ends, near the corner of Moss Street and Lafitte Avenue, New Orleans police said. Divers recovered his body, clad in a khaki pants, tennis shoes and short-sleeved, black T-shirt.
Calvin Hebert was cycling near the area when he discovered the body, then ran across the street to a veterinary clinic and asked someone to call the police.
Police have not said whether the body floated to the end of the bayou from another location.
Hebert and another man who watched the investigation unfold Monday said Joseph’s body looked like that of a man who frequently sat under the tree shade lining North Jefferson Davis Parkway, across the water from Moss Street.
Joseph’s relatives could not immediately be reached.