Louisiana Coroner Releases Name of Baby Found Dead After Mother Allegedly Threw Him Into Lake

Louisiana Coroner Releases Name of Baby Found Dead After Mother Allegedly Threw Him Into Lake
Ureka Black. Caddo Correctional Center via AP
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SHREVEPORT, La.—A Louisiana coroner’s office has released the name of a baby found dead in a lake after his mother allegedly threw him and his older brother into the water.

The child was identified as 10-month-old Joshua Black, the Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office said in a news release Wednesday night. Police had previously given his age as 8 months old.