Missing Youngsville man found north of Erath, not far from truck

The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office located a missing Youngsville man and the news was tragic.
Mohamad Qasem went missing early Thursday morning when his truck was found pulled off to the side of La. 338 in front of LeBlanc Elementary School, north of Erath.
Keys were found his 2020 Toyota Tundra with the windows down, no gas, and a dead battery.
After searching fields and drainage ditches within a mile of where Mohamad’s truck was located, his body was found Monday around 5 p.m.
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office released a press release explaining the details.
Over the course of the next few days, VPSO deputies obtained information about the last known whereabouts of Mohamad’s cellphone. With the assistance of JBI Helicopter Services, the VPSO conducted several ground and aerial grid searches of the area where the last known cellphone location was determined.
On Monday, detectives recovered human remains which were positively identified by the family of Mohamad stuck in a down drain within a sugarcane field north of LA 338.
Mohamed ’s body was released to the Vermilion Parish morgue.
No foul play is suspected but the investigation is still ongoing.
Rami Qasem, the brother of Mohamad, and his family had been searching the area where Mohamad was found for the last three days. But because of the rain on Thursday and Friday, his brother's body was hard to locate.
Sheriff Couvillon would like to thank his deputies along with JBI Helicopter Services, the Vermilion Parish Drainage Board, and the Youngsville Police Department for their assistance in bringing closure to Mohamad’s family.
The family filed a missing person report with the Youngsville Police Department on Friday.
Rami, his older brother, said the family was not sure why he was in Vermilion Parish.