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UPDATE: Body Found In St. Landry Parish Identified
UPDATE: The body found Tuesday morning is being identified as 58-year-old Donny Joseph Jacobs of Sunset, according to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office.
Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux says the autopsy is Wednesday morning and that more information will be released when it is available.
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Officials with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office say that details are very limited, but they did get called out to investigate after a body was discovered in a ditch.
No other information, including whether or not foul play was involved, is being given to anyone at this time.
Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux says the body was found in a ditch on Chretian Point Road near the town of Sunset.
He adds detectives are investigating all aspects of this case.
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz has advised Thibodeaux that they will release details as they become available.
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