UPDATE: Woman Found Dead Near Pelican Park in Mandeville Identified as 24-Year-Old Lizeht Rodriguez

MANDEVILLE, La. — The woman whose body was discovered Wednesday afternoon along a wooded trail near Pelican Park and the Northlake Nature Center has been identified as 24-year-old Lizeht Rodriguez.

The St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office confirmed Rodriguez’s identity Thursday, November 12. Her cause and manner of death have not yet been determined.

The discovery was made around 3 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, when a person walking along the trails connecting Pelican Park and the Northlake Nature Center spotted a woman’s body lying among the leaves.

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Deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, and detectives with the Major Crimes Unit launched an investigation.

Rodriguez’s body was transferred to the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office for examination.

Authorities have not released additional details surrounding the circumstances of her death or indicated whether foul play is suspected.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Investigators are asking anyone who was in the area of the Northlake Nature Center, including the trails connecting it to Pelican Park, on Wednesday, November 11, and may have seen or heard anything unusual to contact the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office at (985) 898-2338.

Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.