Louisiana struggles to solve murders as homicide rates rise

Chlanda Gibson was in her bed last April when she heard loud pops outside her window. She had fallen asleep while waiting for her son, 17-year-old Roddrick Cook, to come home after going out with friends. When she went to check on the noise, his friends knocked on the backdoor for help--one with a gunshot wound in his leg. Cook was nowhere to be found, and as police investigated, Gibson sat in ...

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