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Joseph Mccartan Missing Person Case

Last seen in N/A, Louisiana on Aug 03, 2008

Victim Details

Dec 22, 2009

Oct 10, 2022

Joseph

Mccartan

51

34

68 inches

180 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Aug 03, 2008

N/A

Louisiana

Plaquemines Parish

Unknown

3422

United States Coast Guard District 8

New Orleans

Louisiana

Orleans Parish

70113

500 Poydras Street, Louisiana

5045896225

Federal

Other

https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-8/

MISLE 328-91-40

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office

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Blue

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07/17/2026


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The life of Joseph Wayne McCartan, a man from Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, took an unforeseen and tragic turn in the late summer of 2008. At the age of 34, Joseph was making a living working on a shrimping boat, a common but demanding trade along the Gulf Coast. His home was in Plaquemines Parish, a community deeply connected to the water and its rhythms. It was this very connection to the sea that would become the backdrop for his sudden and unsettling disappearance, leaving his loved ones wi ...
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Last Seen: Aug 03, 2008

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