Sometimes You Have To Read Carefully

When I first noticed the following story, I said--oh no gangster pamp and his thug crew are at it again. Upon further reading, I was able to determine that the convicted burglar, gangster pamp, was not involved:

The body of a 26-year-old Seattle man who was in New Orleans for a recording conference washed up near a wharf eight days after he jumped into the Mississippi River from a ferry.

John Gagliano, chief investigator for the New Orleans coroner's office, says the body of Mark Mercer IV was spotted by a longshoreman at 2:30 a.m. today. Gagliano ruled the cause of death was drowning.

Family and friends say Mercer was a musician and producer who was in New Orleans to attend the Pot Luck Audio Conference, a series of panels and workshops about the recording industry.