A body found in the Mississippi River on Tuesday is that of missing Louisiana State University student Kori Gauthier. LSU Chief of Police Bart Thompson said that investigators “have concluded that there was no criminal activity or foul play involved,” according to WAFB. A boater spotted the body late Tuesday morning near Milepost 137 in …
Crews searching along the Mississippi River for missing Louisiana State University student Kori Gauthier found something else instead this week: a passenger van riddled with bullet holes. Officials said they didn’t believe it was connected with Gauthier’s disappearance. Her wrecked car was found early Wednesday near an I-10 bridge over the river in Baton Rouge. The person involved in the crash said the car was empty when he struck it, although police found her cell phone and wallet inside. The United Cajun Navy, whose crews found the van in the river, said they took some photos and passed them along to Baton Rouge police.
A 5-year-old girl sleeping in the car with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend on Wednesday was awakened “by a loud bang” — what police say was the sound of Jonathan Bryant shooting Raemel Richardson. Richardson’s body was found Thursday afternoon by a group of children on the banks of the Mississippi River, 40 miles …
A kidnapping Thursday night led to an overnight crime spree that left a 2-year-old Louisiana child dead after the suspect fired randomly into a house where the boy was, The Advocate reported. Kendrick Myles, 41, was arrested just before 3 a.m. Friday after a standoff with police that followed an unsuccessful attempt by a relative …
An 11-year-old boy led police on a nine mile across the north end of Baton Rouge in a stolen school bus Sunday morning, WBRZ reported. The joyride ended in Central, Louisiana, at about 11:30 when the bus hit a tree. The juvenile was taken into custody and faces several charges, including theft of a motor …
Authorities in Louisiana say they have identified and arrested a man on suspicion of killing the founder of the African American History Museum in Baton Rouge. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the body of 75-year old Sadie Roberts-Joseph was discovered inside the trunk of a car parked about three miles from her home. According to NPR, …
Authorities in Louisiana say a local civil-rights leader is dead at the age of 75, adding that Sadie Roberts-Joseph’s remains were found this week in the trunk of a parked vehicle. According to Fox News, the gruesome discovery came on Friday evening at a location on North 20th Street in Baton Rouge, just a few …
Authorities in Louisiana say a fellow law enforcement officer was fired and faces serious and unsettling criminal allegations related to the recorded sexual abuse of a 1-year-old child. According to WAFB, Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Shardrick Jones is accused of coercing a woman to rape her own son. St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau announced …
Authorities in Louisiana say a 19-year-old man is behind bars after an early morning traffic stop gone wrong this week. According to WAFB, the incident occurred shortly after midnight on Friday in Baton Rouge. An officer on patrol initiated the stop after reportedly noticing the suspect’s vehicle driving with just one headlight and no license …
Authorities in Louisiana say a man was arrested on suspicion of dumping a woman’s dead body in a car and leaving the scene without reporting it. According to KLFY, police believe 54-year-old Robert Lowe invited the woman into his home in Baton Rouge on Tuesday. Upon entering, she allegedly injected some type of narcotic into …
According to authorities in Louisiana, a man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl was released on $100,000 bond, only to victimize a woman he met through a dating app. As the New York Post reported, 49-year-old Mark Ferguson was arrested most recently on Thursday. Investigators believe he met the victim through Tinder in August and …
A U.S. Olympian was injured this week as she attempted to save her sister from a fatal stabbing. According to the New York Post, Danielle Scott witnessed the alleged attack on her sister, 51-year-old Stephanie Vallery, by the latter’s estranged husband. Police say 49-year-old Michael Vallery fled the scene and authorities were still looking for …
