Body Found in Sealed Barrel in Louisiana

“A sealed barrel floated for miles… with a woman inside.” Police say a body was found inside

a sealed industrial barrel that floated miles down a bayou before a fisherman spotted it near

the bank in Louisiana. Inside, they discovered the remains of an adult woman.

Her identity hasn’t been released, but investigators say this was not an accident — the

barrel was intentionally weighted and sealed. Detectives now believe the woman was killed somewhere else,

then placed in the drum, and the current carried it away from the crime scene.

That means the person who did this expected the water to hide everything. But the barrel didn’t

sink. It drifted. Authorities are reviewing missing-person reports from multiple