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DNA links suspect to 1999 rape

April 2, 2010 7:07 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A 49-year-old Covington man has been arrested in the 1999 rape of a Baton Rouge woman. Police say Zebedee Pittman allegedly raped a woman on June 25, 1999 after forcing his way into her home. Investigators say DNA evidence collected during a sexual assault examination was... more »
August trial set in 1985 killing

March 10, 2010 7:20 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A Louisiana judge has set an Aug. 9 trial date for a Walker native accused of raping and fatally beating 19-year-old Tina Marie Kristynik in her Baton Rouge home in 1985. Vernon Kennedy, who already is serving a life sentence in Georgia for a 1995 murder,... more »
Grand jury indicts inmate in 1985 rape, slaying

November 20, 2009 7:02 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A Walker native already serving a life sentence in Georgia for a 1995 murder has been indicted in the 1985 rape and beating death of a 19-year-old woman inside her Baton Rouge home. On Thursday, an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury charged 54-year-old Vernon Kennedy... more »