Identified! LA - Plaquemine, BlkMale, 30's, Mississippi River, Sept'17 *Eugene Hodges*

The body was recovered by workers on a tugboat who spotted it in the water around 7 a.m.

It was found between the Court Street landing and the ferry landing. Police Chief Kenneth Payne said investigators are working to identify the body.

"We have what appears to be a black male, maybe in his 30s," Payne explained. "Water has done a lot of damage to facial recognition. It's just hard to see. There are some identifying tattoos on the body. We have been in touch with East Feliciana, who had the inmate that jumped from the Old Mississippi River Bridge. According to the warden, this is not that person. The tattoos don't match."

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Authorities have identified the man as Eugene Hodges. It is believed Hodges died from injuries sustained during a fall.

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