Body found in Arby’s freezer in Louisiana believed to be former employee
Samuel Coleman
Published Jan 21, 2026
Police are investigating the passing of a lady whose body was found in a Louisiana Arby’s café’s cooler
The eatery is situated in New Iberia, and the lady used to work there
Her reason for death hasn’t been laid out yet
Police are investigating the passing of a lady whose body was found in a Louisiana Arby’s café’s cooler this week. The eatery is situated in New Iberia, and as per the police, the lady used to work there.
At around 6:30 p.m. nearby time on Thursday night, an alternate representative of the New Iberia eatery, which is arranged around 130 miles west of New Orleans, found the body inside the cooler, as indicated by the specialists.
A few squad cars and officials should be visible external the café in viral clasps as they explore what prompted the finding. After the bones were found in the stroll in cooler, police at first declared that they were investigating a “dubious passing.” Her reason for death hasn’t been laid out yet.
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Afterward, Capt. Leland Laseter of the New Iberia Police Division let KADN television in Lafayette know that he currently figures the demise could have been a mishap after at first depicting it as ‘dubious’. He said, “A circumstance like this is uncommon, so we’re playing it safe during the examination. [We] basically have finished our interaction at the crime location. After totally handling the crime location, this doesn’t appear as though a manslaughter, it appears to be a mishap.”
“Nothing is firmly established at this point,” Laseter added. Police scrutinized various eatery staff individuals, yet no suspects have been recognized.
The casualty’s character and the reason for death will be known after the consequences of the coroner’s post-mortem are known, as indicated by the specialists. “We’re going to reevaluate all the proof tomorrow and they will direct a post-mortem to give us the reason and way of death. So there are a couple of additional means that we really want to take before a (last) assurance is made,” Laseter said.
