theshadow45
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Bayard Cousins' case was modified in NAMUS today. I don't know what the change was.
Circumstances of Disappearance: Bayard Cousins left his residence while his parents were out of town. They came back to a note stating not to worry about him. There were no indications of any issues with Bayard prior to his disappearance. He has never been seen or heard from again. Bayard is fluent in Spanish and was an ecology activist.
Did you ever hear back from the detective? Any updates? Thanks in advance.No he was not cremated. It says that directly in one of the linked articles earlier in the tread....he was buried in a paupers grave in Allgiers LA.
At the time that I called this in to the Virginia Beach police Detective on the Bayard Cousins case last winter, I had called around spoke to the coroners office for Plaquemines Parish, Jefferson Parish, and Orleans Parish. It's very convoluted and I may be off in my recollections, but: at the time he was found in Plaquemines Parish, I believe they used the morgue in Orleans, and that's why he's buried in Algiers. But all of the Orleans records were lost to Katrina. Now I believe Plaquenmines uses Jefferson Parish....so that's where I was referred at first. Now all doe's are cremated...but not back then.
Anyway, all pertinent records were lost in Katrina. The only hope of finding this grave is through the Mothe funeral home. That is very clear to me. The owner at the time and his son who was young then, are still alive and both old now. They kept this body on ice for several months and had hundreds of parents cycle through there business to view it. It got national press. Surely they remember the body...maybe they remember where it was buried.
Having called in the possible match with Bayard Cousins (who I am completely convinced is the Doe), I did not follow up with the funeral home. I did not want to interfere with the investigation. Coincidentally at the time I was living in Virginia Beach. I did pass the funeral home tip on to the Detective. I did not hear back from her on that specifically but she is confident the ID is correct and was working through local law enforcement in LA to try to locate the body. I am not optimistic that a match will ever be made due to the unknown whereabouts of the body.
Bayard has an aunt and a sister still living. I wonder if they are aware of the possible match? His mother just died a couple of years ago. Surely his family could look at the articles and know if that was their loved one.
I don't think he has an entry in either, but he is on unidentified.wiki. They usually have a few links you can follow.I checked NAMUS & Doenetwork..I didn't find this UID...Does anyone have a link??
Bayard Cousins has been suggested several times throughout this thread, but can't be confirmed as Belle Chasse John Doe, nor ruled out due to lack of identifiers of BCJD and no body to obtain these from.Was Bayard Cousin ever suggested/ruled out? Because I feel very much like he could be a match.
Did you ever hear back from the detective? Any updates? Thanks in advance.
He’s been unidentified nearly as long as I’ve been alive. May 2019 be the year you get your name back, Mr. Belle Chasse.