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Five days later, coroner Roderick Perron released a report that indicated that Smith had died in Evangeline Parish as originally indicated by Malveaux, allowing proceedings to continue as normal. [15] Around this time, several articles came out that proclaimed that Malveaux was the first recorded serial killer in St. Landry Parish's history. [16]
Louisiana experienced a higher murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate (14.5 per 100,000) than any other U.S. state in 2023 for the 35th straight year (1989–2023), according to The 2023 FBI Uniform Crime Report. [2] Louisiana averaged 13.7 murders per 100,000, compared to the U.S. average of 6.6 murders per 100,000 from 1989- 2014.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said he mobilized about 100 members of the National Guard in a military police unit to help protect New Orleans and the Sugar Bowl while authorities investigate the attack.
2019 March 26 St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre, Louisiana. This was the first in a series of three historically black churches over 100 years old, burned within a span of 10 days. Holden Matthews, 21, the son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy, was charged with the arson.
Jackson Pemberton, 21, of Baton Rouge, was taken into custody on Tuesday over a post on X in which he allegedly threatened Governor Jeff Landry, according to an affidavit seen by the Associated Press.
On Jan. 27, they arrested 1,179 foreign nationals in the country illegally and made 853 detainer requests. The agency is publishing d In less than a week, ICE agents arrest thousands nationwide
The toxicology report showed that at the time of the shooting, Sterling had drugs in his system. Landry said this affected Sterling’s behavior during the deadly encounter. [53] On March 27, Landry's office announced it would not bring charges against the officers [10] stating that they acted in a "reasonable and justifiable manner". [2]
The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath of the ratification of Louisiana's Constitution of 1868 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, tensions between white Democrats and Black Republicans in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana escalated throughout the ...