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• Man found dead inside car in NO neighborhood

  November 23, 2012 3:49 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans' homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man, whose body was found in the driver's seat of a car. Police say the victim, whose name has not been released, was discovered just before 9 a.m. Thursday. Authorities say he had been... more »

• Man found guilty in S. Africa honeymoon slaying

  November 19, 2012 7:03 AM

  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A South African accused of being the triggerman in the 2010 honeymoon slaying of a Swedish bride has been found guilty. Judge Robert Henney gave his verdict Monday in the trial of Xolile Mngeni, arrested for the killing of 28-year-old Anni Dewani. Prosecutors say... more »

• Man found guilty in deaths of mother, son

  May 23, 2012 9:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Baton Rouge man has been convicted of manslaughter in the AK-47 assault rifle shooting deaths of a mother and her son outside their Baton Rouge home in 2009. The Advocate reports an East Baton Rouge Parish jury of nine women and three men deliberated... more »

• Man found guilty in wife's death

  May 18, 2012 9:09 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A Rapides Parish jury has convicted a Tioga man of second-degree murder of his wife, who was shot to death in May 2010. The Town Talk reports the jury of nine women and three men deliberated 50 minutes before finding Joseph Anton Chehardy Jr. guilty. Authorities... more »

• Man found guilty of federal drug counts

  April 26, 2012 9:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A man facing murder charges in Baton Rouge state court has been found guilty in federal court on charges that he illegally possessed drugs and pistols in a home that also contained $19,000 in cash. The Advocate reports Reginald G. Youngblood remains in custody after... more »

• Man found shot to death in driveway

  April 16, 2012 7:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police are investigating the shooting death of a 29-year-old man. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely says Brandon Harris died early Sunday morning of multiple gunshot wounds. The Advocate reports Harris was found dead in his driveway. Police have not identified a motive or a suspect. more »

• Man found guilty in death

  April 2, 2012 8:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Jurors deliberated less than an hour before unanimously finding Franklin Meredith Jr. guilty in the 2010 rape and murder of a 29-year-old Zachary woman whose body was found in Monte Sano Bayou. The Advocate reports an East Baton Rouge Parish jury of five women and... more »

• Homeless man found dead in Baton Rouge

  March 12, 2012 7:46 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police are investigating the shooting death of a homeless man. Cpl. Tommy Stubbs tells The Advocate they found the body Sunday inside an abandoned home. Stubbs said the 52-year-old man appeared to have been shot several days ago. He said the victim had... more »

• Man found shot in car dies

  March 5, 2012 11:09 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man found shot to death in a car. The victim was identified as Jeremy Steward, who was found in the car on Columbus Dunn Drive about 1 a.m. Monday, and later died at the hospital.... more »

• Coroner: Man found hanging in Sulphur jail

  February 20, 2012 9:48 AM

  SULPHUR, La. (AP) - The Calcasieu Parish Coroner's Office says a man who was being booked into the Sulphur jail apparently killed himself. Coroner's chief investigator Zeb Johnson says he cannot release the man's name because police have not told him whether the man's hospitalized father has been told of... more »

• Missing Body of Baton Rouge Man found on Bogue Chitto River

  January 28, 2012 2:45 PM

  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents found the body of a missing man on the Bogue Chitto River in St. Tammany Parish this morning, Jan. 28. Agents recovered the body of William Holloway, 63, at 8 a.m. from the river around a mile in a... more »

• Lafayette man found guilty in slaying

  January 23, 2012 10:46 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A Lafayette Parish jury has found Jamal James Carmouche guilty of manslaughter in the September 2010 shooting death of Markus Despanie. The jury deliberated for about three hours Friday before returning an 11-1 verdict in favor of the reduced charge of manslaughter Prosecutor Pat Magee said... more »

• Body of man found in Sabine River

  June 15, 2011 9:45 AM

  MERRYVILLE, La. (AP) - The body of a DeRidder man who was reported missing on Monday has been found in the Sabine River. Beauregard Parish Chief Deputy Joe Toler tells The Town Talk the body of 20-year-old Dionte Rashal was found around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by divers near the Merryville... more »

• Man Found Dead on New Orleans Sidewalk

  November 15, 2010 8:17 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Police are investigating the shooting death of a 22-year-old man. Investigators said officers responding to a call of shots fire in a residential neighborhood Sunday night found the man laying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Emergency medical technicians pronounced... more »

• Body of a missing man found in Vermilion River

  September 8, 2010 6:23 PM

  Hours after reporting him missing, Deputies discover the body of Breaux Bridge man along the banks of the Vermilion River. Deputies have identified him as 32-year-old Bobby Lindsey. He was found right on the parish line between St. Martin Parish and Lafayette Parish. Deputies in St. Martin were investigating the... more »

• Franklin Man Guilty of Aggravated Second Degree Battery

  May 13, 2010 6:20 PM

  At 5:30 P.M. last night in Franklin, a jury returned a unanimous verdict finding Jacob Zirlott, (age 26 of Franklin) guilty as charged of Aggravated Second Degree Battery. On December 27, 2006, in Centerville, without provocation, Zirlott hit Stephen Charpentier in the face with a heavy object breaking bones in... more »

• Youngsville Man Found Inside Wicker Chest Arrested

  December 15, 2009 6:50 PM

  A Youngsville man is under arrest after being sought on several warrants. Christopher Girouard was found inside his home apparently hiding in a wicker chest. He's now booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center. more »

• Jeff Davis Man Found Dead In Ditch

  November 20, 2009 4:35 PM

  A man's body is found under his truck in a ditch in Jeff Davis Parish. A passer-by called authorities after seeing this truck in a ditch off highway 1126 South of Roanoke. When sheriff's investigators came closer they found 23-year-old Kenneth Wayne Harmon dead. He had at least one... more »