A St. Martin Parish crawfisherman is dead this morning. Sheriff's officials say 40-year-old Miles Serrette of Grand Anse left out of the Butte La Rose landing early yesterday morning to check his traps. When he didn't return yesterday evening, the family reported him missing.

His body was found approximately a quarter mile south of the Butte La Rose landing in the Atchafalaya Basin just before midnight. He was not wearing a life jacket. Officials are speculating at this point that Serrette's boat may have hit something in the water, ejecting him from the craft.