NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)– The woman who drowned in a lagoon at Audubon Park has been identified as 53-year-old Sheila Freedman.
According to the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office, Freedman was homeless and suffering from untreated mental illness.
The coroner’s office said Freedman came to New Orleans about a year ago from Massachusetts. She left behind a husband and two children.
Her body was found floating in an Audubon Park lagoon the morning of Oct. 11.