Philip Noel Thornabar, 25, died in New Orleans on June 18, 2015. A New Iberia High School graduate, he was engaged and served as a stepfather figure to his fiancée’s child. His family — including his father, several siblings, aunts, uncles and a large extended family — held a funeral on July 3, 2015, at The Boyd Family Funeral Home in New Orleans and buried him at Providence Memorial Park Cemetery in Metairie.

No cause of death, arrests or identified suspects have been publicly reported, and the circumstances surrounding his final hours are not described in available notices. His loved ones remember him at the center of a grieving community.

If anyone knew Philip, his circle, or observed anything in New Orleans around mid-June 2015 that might explain what happened, please come forward with information.