Authorities trying to identify remains of man found in Morgan City

Officials have released a computer enhanced facial approximation of an unidentified man whose remains were found during May in Morgan City.

On May 22, the unidentified remains of a white male 35 to 50 years old were found in Morgan City. No foul play is suspected in the man’s death.

The Morgan City Police Department and the St. Mary Parish Coroner's Office asked the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory for assistance with identification.

The FACES lab produced a computer enhanced facial approximation of what this man may have looked like. Contact the Morgan City Police Department at 985-380-4605 with any information about this unidentified person.

At the time the remains were found, police responded to the levee near David Drive in Morgan City after workers discovered what appeared to be a person's body in the area of David Drive near Brashear Avenue, a police news release said.

Police and arrived to locate a deceased male subject. The area was secured, and the St. Mary Parish Coroner's Office was dispatched to the scene, the release said.