Ronald Whitakers Body Found
The body pulled from the Mississippi Sound earlier this afternoon has been identified as the man missing since Sunday morning.
Ronald Whitaker was recovered behind the Hard Rock Casino at 3:58pm by Biloxi firefighters.
Whitaker, who is from Terrytown, Louisiana was in Mississippi this past weekend and attended a concert at Kress Live before he went missing.
He was identified by a picture the family was using to search for Whitaker.
Biloxi Fire officials tell News 25 once the call came in, they dispatched one of their boats to recover the body.
“We got a call about 3:38pm here on the south side of the Hard Rock Casino, just south of the parking garage of an unknown person floating in the water. The Biloxi Police Department, Biloxi Fire Department, and the Department of Marine Resources responded to the area to pull the person out who was deceased at the time.”
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says they expect the autopsy to be completed by tomorrow afternoon.
Ronald Whitaker was recovered behind the Hard Rock Casino at 3:58pm by Biloxi firefighters.
Whitaker, who is from Terrytown, Louisiana was in Mississippi this past weekend and attended a concert at Kress Live before he went missing.
He was identified by a picture the family was using to search for Whitaker.
Biloxi Fire officials tell News 25 once the call came in, they dispatched one of their boats to recover the body.
“We got a call about 3:38pm here on the south side of the Hard Rock Casino, just south of the parking garage of an unknown person floating in the water. The Biloxi Police Department, Biloxi Fire Department, and the Department of Marine Resources responded to the area to pull the person out who was deceased at the time.”
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says they expect the autopsy to be completed by tomorrow afternoon.
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