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Coast Guard searching for Bogue Chitto River missing swimmer

Staff Writer
Plaquemine Post South
Melanie Borja

FRANKLINTON - The U.S. Coast Guard is assisting the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office search for Melanie Borja who went missing on the Bogue Chitto River near Franklinton Aug. 4, 2013.

Borja was last seen swimming about halfway down the Bogue Chitto River.

She was wearing a two-piece bathing suit with a white top and blue bottom.

Borja has red hair and is 125 pounds.