TOLEDO BEND – Three people died Friday in a fatal boat incident on Toledo Bend, a popular fishing destination on the Louisiana-Texas border.
Wildlife and Fisheries officials said the bodies of the three boaters were recovered and identified as Paul L. Murphy Jr., 46, from Opelousas, Joseph L. Sam Jr., 44, from Opelousas, and James F. Young, 40 by Lafayette.
Agents said they were notified around 10 a.m. Friday that the boaters were late returning from a boat trip. The men previously launched a 14-foot boat.
The boat is missing, agents said on Sunday.
Murphy’s body was found wearing a life jacket, but the other two people’s bodies were found without personal flotation devices, agents said.
The agency said it was not known what caused the men to go into the water. It is believed that her boat sank.
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