Name: Louis Boggs, Sr.
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: January 29, 1979
Location Last Seen: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish County, Louisiana
Date of Birth: August 11, 1911
Age: 67 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hair Color: Gray or Partially Gray
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Missing left finger (unknown which finger).
Dentals: Available. Upper and lower dentures.
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Initial inquiry underway
Clothing: Tan button-up collared sweatshirt and green pants.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Boggs, a lounge operator, was reported missing by his son on January 29, 1979. He was last seen at his Florida Boulevard bar where he received a telephone call the day he disappeared. He talked for a while, then hung up and left to run an errand. He has not been seen nor heard from since.
Boggs' stepson, Clifford E. Lewin, was found a short time after the disappearance sleeping in Boggs' car in Florida. A bloody knife and shovel were in the trunk and he was charged with killing his stepfather. After trial, Lewin was acquitted in 1981. Lewin was the first person in Louisiana to stand trial for a presumed murder in which no body had been found.
Boggs was a retired construction worker whose hobby was his lounge. He was there every morning by 6:00 a.m. to make coffee for his regular customers.
Agency Name: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: (225) 389-5000
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 79-2201
NamUs Case Number: 4053
NCIC Case Number: M-036630720
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The Baton Rouge Advocate
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 11-13-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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