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Two reported missing after vessel capsizes

Posted at 4:05 PM, Jan 16, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-16 17:05:15-05

The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for two people in the water near Bootheville, LA.

Officials say they received a report at approximately 10:40 a.m. of a capsized 32-foot vessel with two people aboard in the vicinity of mile marker 18 on the lower Mississippi River.

The missing have been identified as Katelyn Carlisle and Rueben Arellano.