Lafourche Parish, Louisiana – Louisiana State Police announced on March 10, 2024, that the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office had received a report on March 8 about a dead body found in Bayou Lafourche near the 1800 block of LA Hwy 308. Troopers confirmed the body belonged to Gilbert Bunch Jr. who was discovered around 6 miles south of where the crash initially occurred.
The incident is still being investigated.
So far in 2024, Troop C has investigated 5 deadly crashes that led to 5 deaths.
This is an update to the previously published report, Louisiana Multi-Agency Effort Underway to Find Man After Vehicle Goes into Bayou Lafourche