The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office was called out to the 4900 block of Norris Road after a farmer called them to report he had found a body.

Deputies were told by the farmer that he found a body in a sugarcane field at around 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and that's when he called the Sheriff's Office.

The report from the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office says that the body was found about 150 yards from the roadway.

The case is being investigated as a homicide until further information is gathered on the man's death.

Deputies report that the body that was found was decomposed.

The Iberia Parish Coroner will now have the task of founding out who the person is and how they died.

More information about this case when it is released.

 

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