The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office says a hiker discovered a dead body near Pelican Park and the Northlake Nature Center.
"At approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday (November 11), STPSO deputies were dispatched to the park after a person walking on the trails between the park and the nature center located a body lying in the leaves," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
The coroner's office identified the body as that of 24-year-old Lizeht Rodriguez. The office is still working to determine cause and manner of death.
The sheriff's office says if anyone saw or heard anything in the area to call the sheriff's office at (985) 898-2338.
