Found Deceased LA - Sadie Thibodeaux, 32, missing after sailboat was found unmanned, New Orleans, 5 Aug 2018

[cybervampira]

Woman missing in lake just moved to New Orleans

The Coast Guard is searching for a missing woman after a sailboat was found unmanned in Lake Pontchartrain Sunday night.

32-year-old Sadie Thibodeaux is the missing woman. She is believed to have been a passenger on the boat.

Coast Guard Station New Orleans rescued 43-year-old Michael Lee Farley at 7:03 a.m. Monday in the lake about 100 yards north of the University of New Orleans campus. He was reported in good condition and transferred to Station New Orleans.

 

[Laughing]

Remind anyone else of Isabelle Hellmann???

 

[tarabull]

Family 'holding out hope' for woman missing in Lake Pontchartrain, friend says

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

she had just moved there - did she know this guy? Was the dog rescued? Too early for answers, but this just leaves a bad bad taste...

 

[cybervampira]

she had just moved there - did she know this guy? Was the dog rescued? Too early for answers, but this just leaves a bad bad taste...

Looks like it.

All-night search finds man, woman missing; dog in sailboat

The search began about 5:45 p.m. Sunday, after people reported a 34-foot sailboat floating in view of Lakefront Airport, with a dog and cellphones in it.

 

[cybervampira]

Her Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011015836406

 

[Gardenista]

Wow, I wonder what happened.

 

[tarabull]

The dog knows...

It was reported Mike's mom said he was a good swimmer, hopefully Sadie is also!!!!

ETA: Snipped...

...The man's mother lives in Florida and said she had not been notified by authorities that her son had been missing or that he had been found. The woman described her son as a "good swimmer," and said he is "always with his dog."

"I'm amazed that she stayed in the boat and didn't jump in after him," the man's mother said about the dog.

From this link Family 'holding out hope' for woman missing in Lake Pontchartrain, friend says

 

[cybervampira]

The dog knows...

It was reported Mike's mom said he was a good swimmer, hopefully Sadie is also!!!!

According to her Facebook, she is/was a fitness instructor.

REFIT also posted about her: REFIT 225 Tribe

 

[tarabull]

Looks like it.

All-night search finds man, woman missing; dog in sailboat

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...Police say the Farley and Thibodeaux were boating on the lake when "for reasons unknown" entered the water.

 

[Gardenista]

I guess the mast snapped off. How does that happen?

 

[tarabull]

Coast Guard searches Lake Pontchartrain for missing Baton Rouge woman

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...Members of the gym where Sadie used to work out are holding a vigil for her Monday evening as the Coast Guard continues their search.

"It may seem strange to some, but we are going to do REFIT first at 5:30. I think Sadie would want us to that in her honor. That's our connection to her," said one of Sadie's friends, Claire.

The vigil will be held at Southern Oaks Athletic Club, located at 15253 Shenandoah Ave. in Baton Rouge, when the exercise class ends around 6:15 or 6:30 p.m.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

gulp. It kinda sounds like her friends are expecting the worst possible outcome. =(

 

[always reading]

I don't like the sound of this at all. He survived but she didn't? My mind is going to only one place.

 

[Catmommy]

I don't want to jump to conclusions but it doesn't pass the smell test at this point.

 

[GraceG]

I guess the mast snapped off. How does that happen?

High winds and a weak shroud adjuster on the mast, or catching it going under a bridge (don't know if there are bridges on the lake though). I didn't see any severe weather in the area in the hours before the boat was spotted unmanned though so I'm pretty puzzled on this one.

 

[MFH]

What bugs me the most is the dog. I don’t know any that can swim and are so close to their owners (like the dog apparently was) that wouldn’t also jump in after them. I wonder what kind of dog it was? Also, curious to know if the dog was possibly tethered to the boat? That would be interesting.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Missing woman in Lake Pontchartrain now being investigated as homicide

According to NOPD, they are now investigating Sadie Thibodeaux's disappearance as a homicide.

She was a passenger on a boat with Michael Lee Farley, 43. Coast Guard Station New Orleans rescued Farley at 7:03 a.m. Monday.

NOPD has not confirmed if there was foul play. A homicide is defined as a killing of one human being by another. A homicide is not synonymous with a murder.

NOPD confirmed that Farley and Thibodeaux were dating.

According to NOPD, Lee has been cooperative and has been released from custody.

That's interesting they are considering it a homicide as opposed to accident.

 

[Tyra1003]

The Coast Guard has resumed their search for a missing woman after a sailboat was found unmanned in Lake Pontchartrain Sunday night.

According to NOPD, they are now investigating Sadie Thibodeaux's disappearance as a homicide.

Missing woman in Lake Pontchartrain now being investigated as homicide

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

'Terrible accident' or homicide possible as search for missing woman in Lake Pontchartrain continues

Police have processed the boat at the center of the case, as well as other vehicles involved, said Commander Jeffrey Walls, who is in charge of police that patrol along the lake. They are also checking location data for the vehicles and cellphone records as they try to determine how Thibodeaux went missing, Walls said.

"This could be a horrible accident or a crime," Walls said. "That’s why we’re processing and taking our time so we do the best we can for Sadie."

Thibodeaux's sister, Nikki Thibodeaux-Dowden of Baton Rouge, recently moved from the capital to New Orleans for work. Thibodeaux-Dowden said her sister had been out on the boat before with Farley, who owns the vessel.

I wonder how they both ended up in the water.