POINTE COUPEE PARISH - Deputies are investigating after a three-year-old girl drowned in False River on Thursday. Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux said the girl was found in the water near a pier on False River around dusk on Thursday evening. She was taken by AirMed to a hospital in Baton Rouge, where she was pronounced dead. Sheriff Thibodeaux said the investigation is ongoing. Permalink| Comments Read this story