Quawan Charles: 15-Year-Old Black Boy Found Dead in Louisiana

On the evening of October 30th, Quawan Charles was last seen leaving a family home in Baldwin, Louisiana. According to the family Go Fund Me account, Charles was picked up from his father’s house by a friend and his friend’s mom.

The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement the boy’s body was found around 5 p.m. on November 2nd in a rural area off Ed Broussard Road near the village of Loreauville. The Sheriff’s Office confirmed the minor had been reported missing to the Baldwin Police Department on Oct. 30, but did not release the young boy’s name because of his status as a minor.

Results of an autopsy are pending as the investigation continues, the release said. The family claims the parish of St. Mary refuses to release the findings of the autopsy. In response, the family is attempting to raise funds needed to conduct a second autopsy before his funeral. “An individual autopsy needs to be conducted before November 12th to ensure that all findings by the medical examiner can come back conclusive. The family asks that you give what you can during this difficult time.”

Many believe Quawan Charles was lynched just like Emmet Till was back in 1955. The picture that was released to the public looks like a modern-day lynching.

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Attnys Ron Haley, Chase Trichell, & Dedrick Moore have been hired to rep the family of 15-yr-old #QuawanCharles, whose brutalized body was found in a cane field in Loreauville, LA

Quawan’s body is so charred/disfigured that @KLFY wouldn’t air the image pic.twitter.com/tZB3X6UVxQ

— Trichell Law Firm (@trichellfirm) November 10, 2020

Anyone with information relative to this investigation is urged to contact Detective Jarred Spurlock of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Investigation at 337-369-3711.