Coast Guard suspends search for missing person near Jefferson Parish 1 month 3 weeks 3 days ago Thursday, January 28 2021 Jan 28, 2021 January 28, 2021 2:19 AM January 28, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: 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.