In spring 1998, 44-year-old Abraham Paul Alexis was working on a barge in the Mississippi River near Garyville, Louisiana, when he fell from the barge into the river’s currents on May 19. He was wearing a white shirt and black pants. Alexis was Black, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed around 175 pounds. The St.

John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office logged the incident as a missing person case (case number 98-16558) and described the event as an accidental fall into the river. Search and recovery efforts faced severe challenges because of the river’s size and powerful currents, and no confirmed resolution is reported in this account. Few additional details about the circumstances of the fall are available.

Did anyone who worked on or near the barge that day see Abraham Alexis or have information about the incident?