Life sentence handed down for shooting wife

A St. Landry Parish judge handed down a mandatory life sentence without probation, parole or suspension of the sentence on July 13, according to a news release from District Attorney Chad Pitre. Derrick T. Hills was found guility by a jury of the second-degree murder of his wife, Rachelle Arceneaux, on June 23, 2021. Arceneaux was shot multiple times with an AK-47 type assault-rifle in her own...

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