Jury convicts Opelousas man of killing wife with rifle

After just over 30 minutes of deliberation a St. Landry Parish jury reached a verdict convicting Derrick T. Hills of the second-degree murder of his wife, Rachelle Arceneaux, according to a news release from St. Landry Parish District Attorney Chad Pitre. On June 23, 2021, Arceneaux was shot multiple times with an AK -47 type assault-rifle in her own home on Prudhomme Lane in Opelousas. Pitre ...

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