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Woman's body found in Lake Pontchartrain during search for missing woman, police say

According to police, they cannot confirm that the body recovered Tuesday afternoon is Thibodeaux at this time.

The body of a woman was recovered from Lake Pontchartrain by NOPD and Wildlife and Fisheries Tuesday afternoon.

At the time the body was found, agencies were on the lake continuing the search for a woman, 32-year-old Sadie Thibodeaux, who was reported missing after a sailboat was spotted Sunday abandoned. According to police, they cannot confirm that the body recovered Tuesday afternoon is Thibodeaux at this time.

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Police say a boater saw a body in the water around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. The body was found about a quarter of a mile from the Seabrook Boat Launch, according to NOPD. The Orleans Parish Coroner's office will release the victim's name and cause of the death pending an autopsy.

Thibodeaux was reportedly on the sailboat, Good Humor, with 43-year-old Michael Farley Sunday when for "reasons unknown" they both went into the water, police say. Farley was found Monday morning and was in good condition.

Thibodeaux is from Baton Rouge and most recently worked at a law firm and was also a fitness instructor in the capital city.

Stay with Eyewitness News on this developing story.

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