SPSO find body of missing 85-year-old Sabine Parish man Arthur Wright, Jr., 85 (Source: SPSO) By Alex Onken and Kaitlyn Gibson | April 1, 2021 at 9:23 AM CDT - Updated April 1 at 1:09 PM
SABINE PARISH, La. (KSLA) - The Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office located the body of a missing 85-year-old man just before 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 1.
A first responder found his body on a small road behind a locked gate about a half mile from his home, approximately 100 yards from Mallard Road.
Arthur Wright, Jr., 85, was reported missing by his family on Wednesday evening.
Sabine Parish Sheriff Detectives and the Sabine Parish Coroner’s Office do not suspect foul play, but an autopsy has been ordered to determine his cause of death.
The Sabine Parish Sheriff s Office has shared that Arthur Wright, Jr., the man missing from Mallard Road in Sabine Parish, was located shortly before 10AM Thursday, April 1, 2021. A First Responder located his body approximately 100 yards from Mallard Road on a small road/trail behind a locked gate about 1/2 mile from his home.
Sabine Parish Sheriff Detectives and the Sabine Parish Coroner s Office do not suspect foul play, but Wright s body will be taken to Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport for an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
Family members reported Wright missing Wednesday evening from his Mallard Road residence off LA 175 near Belmont. He was reporting as having dementia and in the early stages of Alzheimerâs disease. Sheriff Deputies, 1st Responders, Chief Deputy Brad Walker and Sheriff Aaron Mitchell themselves began searching the wooded area around Wrightâs home, along with his family and friends. Cold-nosed tracking dogs from Shreveport Fire & Rescue
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MANY, La. Sabine Parish sheriff s deputies have arrested two teens and are on the lookout for a third in connection with a rash of vehicle thefts.Â
Fortunately, the three vehicles that were stolen from Sabine Parish and the fourth from Mansfield have been recovered. Deputies are still looking for a gun that was stolen out of one of the cars. Another firearm has been recovered.Â
The sheriff s office, Many and Zwolle police investigated the cases.Â
Each vehicle that was stolen was left unlocked with the keys and valuables inside, said Sheriff Aaron Mitchell, who said he cannot stress enough the importance of locking up vehicles no matter how long they are parked. Two of the vehicles were stolen while they were left running to warm up.