September 30, 2005 Deceased Victims Update 9-30-2005September 30: Updated Number of Deceased Victims Recovered Following Hurricane Katrina

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sep 30, 2005 -

• At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 929 bodies.

• These numbers have been reported to state officials by local coroners. A breakdown is as follows:

740 are at the morgue in St. Gabriel

Parish Coroners:

Ascension – 9

Assumption – 2

East Baton Rouge – 72

Iberia – 6

Jefferson – 30

Lafourche – 2

Livingston – 5

Plaquemines – 3

St. Charles – 8

St. Tammany – 7

Tangipahoa – 26

Terrebonne -- 16

West Baton Rouge – 3

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