Search efforts ongoing for missing man who fell overboard kayak

A search is ongoing for a 41-year-old man who reportedly fell overboard while kayaking on the Mississippi River.

The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate Melvin Phillip Emde, a white male from Talihina, Oklahoma, who was reported missing by a family member after he was observed going overboard near Matis Road in Hahnville just after midnight on Aug. 7.

If anyone has any information, they are urged to contact Detective Joshua Deroche with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office at (985) 783-6807, (985) 783-1135, or
jderoche@stcharlessheriff.org.

 

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