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ST. CHARLES, La. -- Police believe a body pulled from Mississippi River Wednesday morning is that of Kylan Laurent, but they are waiting for an autopsy for official confirmation.
The body was discovered about 75 yards from shore by a dock worker at the Valero St. Charles Refinery in Norco.
Laurent, who jumped from the Gramercy Bridge after a high-speed chase with State Police, is a suspect in two murders in Jefferson Parish both involving alleged prostitutes at hotels.
Police detectives say tattoos on the body pulled from the river are consistent with Laurent's. An autopsy is coming later this week.
Laurent, 22, of Vacherie, has been missing since he jumped from the Veterans Memorial Bridge in St. James Parish Aug. 23.
He is a suspect by Kenner Police in the murder of Anita McDonald, 22, of Flowood, Miss., at the Comfort Inn Suites. McDonald's body was found in a room on the third floor of the hotel. She had been asphyxiated and had ligature marks on her neck and wrists, according to police.
Police were also investigating a connection from Laurent to another murder in a Jefferson Parish at the La Quinta Hotel in Metairie.
Victims in both the Kenner and Metairie murders were strangled, police said, and both had histories of prostitution.
Laurent is also a suspect in several Baton Rouge crimes against prostitutes and in an attack at a West Bank motel.
