A body was found by a boater in Lake Pontchartrain Wednesday afternoon, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said.

The Sheriff's Office said Wednesday evening that the body has been recovered but not yet identified. It referred all inquiries to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, which is leading the investigation into a missing boater that began this weekend .

Efforts to reach the department for comment were not immediately successful.

A man and a woman were sailing in the lake and struck the Causeway at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning, sending the man overboard . He was not wearing a life vest. The woman was able to call 911 and was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard suspended its search for the man by Tuesday, but state and parish agencies have conti

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