Logtown becomes crime scene after FBI finds body of missing Baton Rouge toddler
Update: Pearl River County Coroner Derek Turnage reports the body found was Navaeh Allen, a missing Baton Rouge toddler. Her stepfather has been arrested on charges related to her disappearance and death. Read more here.
The remote Logtown area in Pearlington became a crime scene on Sunday as the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched for the body of a missing Baton Rouge toddler, Hancock Sheriff Ricky Adam confirmed to the Sun Herald.
Hancock deputies assisted in closing Logtown Road off Mississippi 604 so the FBI could conduct the search.
The killing occurred in Louisiana, Adam said, and authorities believe the victim’s body was dumped somewhere in Logtown, which is just over the Mississippi line.
Adam said he believes the FBI has found the body but is waiting for confirmation from a coroner.
Logtown will be closed until the FBI finishes the investigation, he said.
The Logtown area is well-traveled by locals for its view of historic trees lining a dirt road that leads straight to the Pearl River. There’s also an artesian well with fresh-flowing water and a walking trail that leads to Stennis Space Center. Many people fish or take boats out from the Logtown boat launch.
There are no homes in Logtown, as it is in the Stennis Space Center buffer zone.
This story was originally published September 26, 2021 at 2:25 PM.
