LACOMBE, La. — St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs recovered the body of a missing Lacombe man deep in the woods near Barringer Road on Wednesday.
Christopher "Turk" Batiste, who was described by STPSO as a 59-year-old black male with mental health issues, had been last seen on October 1 at 2 a.m. when a family member dropped off him at the house of another family member in the 27000 block of Barringer Road in Lacombe.
The family member could not find Batiste at the residence when they woke up the following morning. Before he was dropped off, Batiste had mentioned that he wanted to catch a bus.
STPSO believed he was seen at a local bus terminal in Slidell at 9 a.m. the morning of October 1, but they do not believe he boarded a bus at that time.
The cause and manner of death haven't been determined yet, but no foul play is suspected at this time.
