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Two Opelousas Men Shot to Death and Then Burned Play Video

January 11, 2012 7:41 PM

Investigators are back on scene today of a double- murder in Opelousas. Two men were found dead last night in a residence. Police said the killer shot the men and then tried to burn the house down to cover his tracks. It happened around ten Tuesday night on North... more »
Suspect in double homicide arrested

January 10, 2012 10:08 AM

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Lake Charles police have arrested a man who they believe stabbed two women to death last week. Deputy Chief of Police Mark Kraus says Monday night that 52-year-old Mark Wayne Thibodeaux was booked with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Kraus... more »
Arrest made in double homicide

June 22, 2011 9:18 AM

TALLULAH, La. (AP) - A Lake Providence man is in jail, after his arrest on two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of two women in Tallulah. State Police say they booked 27-year-old Walter Walker into Madison Parish Jail Tuesday night. Eighteen-year-old Nikesha Washington was found dead... more »
Suspect in double slayings treated for injuries

August 8, 2010 6:28 PM

KEATCHIE, La. (AP) Authorities say a man accused in the stabbing deaths of his estranged wife and her sister has been transported to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Cpl. Dusty Herring of the DeSoto Parish sheriff's office says Stephen G. Rivers apparently stabbed himself three times in the torso... more »