Murder

14-year-old boy killed in Church Point shooting

A 14-year-old boy is dead and an 18-year-old is in jail following a shooting in Church Point Tuesday night. Sheriff K.P. Gibson said the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with Church Point Police conducted an investigation into the incident in the corporate limits of Church Point.

Murder trial postponed

The trial of Michael Anthony Guillory, charged with second-degree murder in the 2016 shooting death of a Church Point woman, has been postponed after the state filed a motion to continue. The motion was filed on Sept.

Lafleur sentenced to life for 2 killings

Phillip Lafleur was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of Akeem Adiddias Ceasar in Eunice and 40 years in a manslaughter plea involving the death of his great uncle Dale Lafleur.

Chataignier murder victim’s son opposes killer’s bid for parole

The son of a murder victim spoke out in response to a recent decision that was handed down by the Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. Glynn Lavergne’s mother Bernice was murdered in 1992 in her store in Chataignier. The suspect arrested for the crime was then 15-year-old Russell Ross Rubin.

Eunice man indicted in second killing

A St. Landry Parish Grand Jury indicted Phillip Lafleur of second-degree murder in the death of his great uncle Dale Lafleur. The indictment was returned on Tuesday to 27th Judicial District Court Judge D. Jason Meche.

4 people indicted for murder in California said to have links to St. Landry Parish

A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment on Aug. 3 charging Marcus Etienne, a.k.a. Hitler, Elizabeth Gobert, Craig Marshall, and Mario Robinson, with racketeering, murder, and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J.

Eunice man already in jail for a 2016 killing says he killed his great-uncle in 2011

A 23-year-old Eunice man held in prison for a 2016 killing in Eunice now says he killed his great-uncle in 2011 and dumped the body in the Atchafalaya River across from Krotz Springs. St.

Suspect in Turkey Creek murder arrested in Oklahoma

Leland Hamm,  wanted in connection with the July 1 murder of a Shreveport man in Turkey Creek. has been arrested in Oklahoma. KOKI Fox 23 News in Oklahoma reported on Nov. 25 that Hamm had been arrested in a parking lot of a Lowe’s in the town of Owasso, Oklahoma.