Lake Pontchartrain - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

  • Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crashed into the lake on February 25, 1964, resulting in the deaths of 51 passengers and 7 crew. Very little of the plane or passengers was ever recovered.
  • On September 15, 1978, six-year-old Benjamin Daly died when a private plane his parents had chartered crashed into the lake. His parents survived but Benjamin and the pilot perished.
  • In 1986, a decomposing woman's body was found by two fishermen. The cause of death was homicide by asphyxia. She was not identified and no leads were ever identified in the case.
  • New England Patriots defensive end, New Orleans native and former LSU star Marquise Hill was found dead in Lake Pontchartrain on May 28, 2007.
  • A U.S. Navy T-34 training plane crashed into the lake on January 23, 2010, after a routine training mission. The instructor, Lt. Clinton Wermers, is missing and presumed dead. The student pilot was rescued about two hours after the crash.

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