Man found deceased in canal, no sign of foul play
Published 6:01 pm Wednesday, August 29, 2018
BEAUMONT — Beaumont Police have identified a man whose body was found floating in a canal behind the Exxon Station at Washington and Interstate 10 on Wednesday morning as Bobby Hodge, 46, a transient male with a previous Lumberton address.
A witness told the store clerk there as a body floating in the canal and the body appeared to have been in the water for an extended period of time, according to a press release from the Beaumont Police Department.
Justice of the Peace Pct. 1, Place 2 Nancy Beaulieu was called to the scene and ordered an autopsy.
The death is still under investigation but police say there is no sign of foul play.