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• Jennings 8 Will Be Featured on National TV Play Video

  February 29, 2012 12:06 AM

  The unsolved murders of 8 women in Jeff Davis Parish will be featured on national television Wednesday night. A crew with the TV show Dark Minds was in Jennings this past year, working to find out more information about the cases. "I go out and I try to dredge... more »

• Convicted Killer Threatens Jury, Faces Death

  March 27, 2011 11:38 AM

  GRETNA, La. (AP) - A 28-year-old Jefferson Parish man convicted of killing a store clerk in 2005 opted to take the stand during the sentencing phase of his trial and he told the jury he'd like to kill them all. He told one juror he wanted to cut his head... more »

• Pothole Killer

  October 18, 2010 7:27 PM

  Louisiana is known to top the list of "Worst Roads in the Nation." But, some Lafayette drivers could be in for a smoother ride. New technology to fill potholes is being taken for a test drive in the Hub City. A Philadelphia company has one of it's "Pothole Killer" trucks... more »

• John Lennon's Killer Mark David Chapman Denied Parole

  September 7, 2010 5:27 PM

  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A New York parole board has decided not to release Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed former Beatle John Lennon nearly 30 years ago. The board made the decision after interviewing him today by teleconference at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New... more »

• 3 Slaughtered Over XBox 360

  August 18, 2010 10:58 AM

  SPRING RIDGE, La. (AP) - Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says a 33-year-old Shreveport man is accused of gunning down three brothers - aged 13 to 20 - whom he accused of stealing a video game system. Sheriff's spokesman Cindy Chadwick says Marcus Donte Reed was booked Tuesday with first-degree... more »

• Ex-RB Dunn testifies at hearing for mom's killer

  August 5, 2010 10:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Former NFL running back Warrick Dunn says the man convicted of killing his mother knew his football statistics and what several of his brothers and sisters had done in college when they met in 2007. The Advocate reports that he testified Wednesday at a hearing... more »

• Family of New Iberia Woman Offers $10,000 to Find Woman's Killer

  July 3, 2010 5:01 PM

  NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) - The family of a New Iberia woman strangled two years ago is offering a $10,000 reward for tips leading to the conviction of her killer. Buddy Blanchard, of Bakersfield, Calif., says someone has to know something about who killed his sister, Judy Blanchard Landry. Another... more »

• Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory pleads innocent

  June 16, 2010 5:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory has pleaded innocent to a second-degree murder charge in the 2002 strangulation of a 46-year-old Baton Rouge woman. The Advocate reports that Guillory appeared Wednesday before state District Judge Tony Marabella, wearing shackles and a light blue prison jumpsuit.... more »

• Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory pleads innocent

  June 16, 2010 5:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory has pleaded innocent to a second-degree murder charge in the 2002 strangulation of a 46-year-old Baton Rouge woman. The Advocate reports that Guillory appeared Wednesday before state District Judge Tony Marabella, wearing shackles and a light blue prison jumpsuit.... more »

• Natalee Holloway's Suspected Killer Strikes Again

  June 3, 2010 10:52 AM

  LIMA, Peru (AP) - The search is on in Chile today for a man long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway on Aruba and who is now the prime suspect in a killing in Peru. Police in Chile say Joran van der Sloot (YOHR'-uhn VAN'-dur-sloht) entered... more »

• Alleged Serial Killer Jeffery Lee Guillory Indicted

  May 26, 2010 4:46 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Alleged serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory has been indicted in the 2002 strangulation of a 46-year-old Baton Rouge woman. Police arrested Guillory in December in the slayings of three women in Baton Rouge between 1999 and 2002. An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury on Wednesday... more »

• Serial Killer Suspect Asking for Reduced Sentence

  May 13, 2010 12:32 PM

  Update: Hearing has been postponed. ------------------------------------------------------- LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A man suspected in the slayings of three women in Baton Rouge is asking a judge to reduce the 50-year sentence he received last month in the attack of a Lafayette woman. Jeffery Lee Guillory's attorney argues that... more »

• Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Sentenced To Death

  March 30, 2010 4:03 PM

  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Tuesday sentenced serial killer Rodney Alcala to death for the strangling and beating deaths of four women and a 12-year-old girl in the 1970s. The sentence was announced three weeks after a jury recommended death for the 66-year-old amateur photographer who was... more »

• Texas Republican Shouts "Baby Killer" During Debate

  March 22, 2010 4:42 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer acknowledged Monday that he is the lawmaker who shouted out "baby killer" during a floor speech by Rep. Bart Stupak, an anti-abortion Democrat whose vote was crucial to passage of the Democratic health care bill Sunday evening. Neugebauer, in his third term... more »

• Jeffery Lee Guillory trial to begin March 2

  February 24, 2010 8:10 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Suspected serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory is set to stand trial March 2 for an alleged attack on a Lafayette woman in 2007. The 43-year-old Guillory was arrested in December in the deaths of three women in Baton Rouge between 1999 and 2002. Guillory will first... more »

• Know Family HIstory to Save Your Heart

  February 15, 2010 1:47 PM

  Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., so for "Heart Month" find out your family history-- it could save your life. One heart surgery patient at Heart Hospital of Lafayette, Francis "Jeb" Guidry, says his family has "the Guidry heart"-- a history of serious heart... more »

• Charges Downgraded For Alleged Killer Denna Decuir

  January 11, 2010 5:00 PM

  A Vermilion Parish woman learned her fate for the alleged killing of her ex husband. Today, 45-year-old Denna Decuir plead guilty to a manslaughter for the January of 2009 killing of 60 year Milton Decuir. Decuir was originally on trial for second degree murder but the charges were downgraded... more »

• Jennings Task Force Comprised of many Agencies

  October 7, 2009 12:40 PM

  Jennings and Jefferson Davis Parish is hurting and grieving the deaths of 8 women since 2005. The Multi-Agency Investigative Team formed to investigate these deaths is comprised of many independent agencies working together to bring those responsible to justice. Since the body of Loretta was found in May of 2005,... more »

• Big 3 Stories: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

  September 23, 2009 8:03 AM

  The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted abduction. The Sheriff's Office tells KATC that two boys ---10 and 11 years old ---were riding their bikes around nine o'clock Sunday night when a white man in a car drove up next to them. The boys told the Sheriff's Office... more »