(Photo: Courtesy of Kat Reade)
An official from the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the man found deceased on the sidewalk along Decatur Street Wednesday as 36-year-old Troy Beard.
New Orleans Police responded to a report of an unclassified death in the 1000 block of Decatur Street on Wednesday shortly before 9:30 a.m., according to records.
Beard’s cause and manner of death are still under investigation, according to Jason Melancon, a Coroner’s Office spokesman.