Coast Guard suspends search for missing person near Jefferson Parish
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Thursday, January 28 2021
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January 28, 2021 2:19 AM
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NEW ORLEANS As of Wednesday (Jan. 27) night, the Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing person in the Lower Mississippi River near Jefferson Heights in Jefferson Parish.
Officials identified the missing person as 44-year-old Elisander Alvardo, and say Alvardo was last seen wearing coveralls and no life jacket.
Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call around 3 p.m. from Zito Fleeting reporting one of their barge workers had fallen overboard near mile marker 105 near Jefferson Parish.