04-29-2011, 07:17 AM
NOLA.com
The father of Aaronne Mitchell and Aaronne Russell, insists the body is not one of his sons. "My sons are alive," Aaronne "DJ7" Simmons declared after learning of the Thursday afternoon discovery. He said he has not seen the body but instinctively knows it is not one of his boys.
Mary Simmons-Phillips, the paternal grandmother of the boys, had the same reaction. "We have a belief in the Lord God, and we prayed," she said. "They probably did something foolishly and are afraid to come back home because they did something wrong."
She has not seen the body that John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish Coroner's office, said had decomposed to the point that it's difficult to tell the age of the person found wearing only underwear, briefs.
Gagliano said Thursday that the Coroner's Office may need dental records to identify the body.
An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday to determine the cause of death, he said.
Meanwhile, the grandmother's heart beats with hope. "We will find them," said Simmons-Phillips.
The father of Aaronne Mitchell and Aaronne Russell, insists the body is not one of his sons. "My sons are alive," Aaronne "DJ7" Simmons declared after learning of the Thursday afternoon discovery. He said he has not seen the body but instinctively knows it is not one of his boys.
Mary Simmons-Phillips, the paternal grandmother of the boys, had the same reaction. "We have a belief in the Lord God, and we prayed," she said. "They probably did something foolishly and are afraid to come back home because they did something wrong."
She has not seen the body that John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish Coroner's office, said had decomposed to the point that it's difficult to tell the age of the person found wearing only underwear, briefs.
Gagliano said Thursday that the Coroner's Office may need dental records to identify the body.
An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday to determine the cause of death, he said.
Meanwhile, the grandmother's heart beats with hope. "We will find them," said Simmons-Phillips.