Truck located with body in canal. ID PENDING: Chris Broussard, 22 - Baton Rouge, LOUISIANA
The senior from Louisiana State University had gone missing early Tuesday morning after attending a party at a bar near the campus.
A missing persons report had been filed for Chris Broussard, who last texted his mother at 1 a.m. before he went missing. The text suggested that he was leaving the party and that he was headed home. Police say he was last seen around 1:48 a.m. as he left the bar.
The LSU student, who drove a Nissan pickup truck, reportedly left the party at Bogie's Bar, but failed to return home after the party or show up for work the next day.
Boussard was last seen dressed in a white polo shirt and red shorts. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.
The missing student's 2004 silver Nissan Frontier Kingcab model has just been found on Highway 30 in Iberville Parish by a Baton Rouge Police helicopter. A body was found inside the truck, which was in a waterway. Authorities have not yet officially confiremd that the body found was Chris Boussard's but his cousin Katie Greenlee posted a message on the 'FIND CHRIS BOUSSARD' Facebook page that he had been found.
"I wanted to say thank you to all of you on this page. My cousin has been found, but the worst we thought is true. Just keep my aunt, uncle, cousin, the rest of our family, and his fraternity in y'all's prayers."
Messages of condolences have been pouring in since the message was posted.
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A 22-year-old LSU student has been missing since early Tuesday morning, after attending a party at Bogie's Bar, 705 E. Boyd Drive near campus, police said.
Baton Rouge police said a missing person's case has been opened for Chris Broussard, who did not return home from the party and did not show up for work.
Broussard sent a message to his mother Lisa Broussard on Tuesday around 1 a.m. that suggested he was leaving a party near LSU and was headed home to Ascension Parish.
Lisa Broussard said Wednesday that friends and family members have been posting fliers on campus and in surrounding areas, and driving around to search areas where she thinks her son coould be.
Broussard is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. He was driving a silver 2004 Nissan Frontier Kingcab with a New Orleans Saints license plate.
A group of Broussard's friends have launched a Facebook page, "FIND CHRIS,"to communicate and share information.
Anyone with information about Broussard's whereabouts is encouraged to call Crimestoppers at 225.344.STOP or the Baton Rouge Police Department at 225.389.8617.
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