Woman Killed and Dumped in Lake Pontchartrain in 1986 Is Finally Identified

Woman Killed and Dumped in Lake Pontchartrain in 1986 Is Finally Identified
Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans in May 2023. Google Street View/Screenshot via NTD
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COVINGTON, La.—It’s taken 38 years, but Louisiana authorities have finally identified a woman whose body was found floating in Lake Pontchartrain.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said the homicide victim’s body was found June 19, 1986, near the Interstate 10 Twin Span bridges close to Slidell. For years, she was known only as “Lake Lady Jane Doe.”