Woman ID'd from Lake Pontchartrain

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is searching for a missing person, after rescuing another, in Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans on Aug. 6. The missing person has been identified as 32-year-old Sadie Thibodeaux. Coast Guard Station New Orleans rescued 43-year-old Michael Lee Farley at 7:03 a.m. Monday, about a mile north of Lakeshore Drive in Lake Pontchartrain. Farley was reported in good condition and was transferred to CGSNO. Watchstanders received a report at 5:47 p.m. on Aug. 5 of an unmanned 34-foot sailing vessel, the Good Humor, with a dog and cell phones aboard in view of Lakefront Airport. CG crews and partner agencies searched throughout the night. Anyone with information is requested to contact Sector New Orleans at (504) 365-2200. (Source: Coast Guard 08/06/18) UPDATE: A woman's body was found in Lake Pontchartrain Aug. 7 following a mysterious Sunday boating accident, according to New Orleans Police Department. The body has not been identified. About 5:20 p.m., a boater observed a body in the water and notified those aboard a Department of Wildlife and Fisheries vessel, police said. (Source: NOLA.com 08/07/18) UPDATE 2: The Orleans Parish Coroner identified the woman's body recovered from Lake Pontchartrain Aug. 7 as Sadie Thibodeaux, 32. Her cause of death remains under investigation, the coroner's office said. (Source: NOLA.com 08/09/18)