Accused murderer seeks change of venue for trial

A hearing for an appeal to a change of venue granted for the trial of one of two men accused in the murder of a Rayne teen was held Tuesday in Lake Charles. Scott Cooper, of Church Point, is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the July 2021 death of 17-year-old Garrison Gautreaux, a junior at Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish. This past summer, a motion for change of venu...

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