In his own words tonight, we hear why a man killed his four roommates in Lake Charles over Memorial Day weekend. KATC obtained a taped confession where 52-year old Lee Roy Williams Junior talks about what made him snap. Williams admitted to beating, stabbing and shooting Terry Banks, Jessica Eugene,... more »
Major developments today in the Labor Day quadruple murder out of Lake Charles. Just two-and-a-half months after the brutal killings... the suspect pleads guilty and gets his sentence. This case moved quickly because the families and all parties involved agreed life in prison with no chance of parole was a... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A 2006 shooting rampage in Treme that killed four men will draw a 10-year sentence for Ramond Amison, under a plea deal worked out by Orleans Parish prosecutors. According to Wednesday's Times-Picayune, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office reduced the charges, when Amison appeared in court for jury... more »
A preliminary hearing was held in state district court Thursday for Lee Roy Williams Jr. He's charged with four counts of first degree murder. Today, we learned more about the killings. The four bodies were found on Labor Day September 6 at a home off Highway 14 in Calcasieu Parish.... more »
Lee Roy Williams Jr. was first named as a person of interest....he is now charged with four counts of first degree murder.
The victims were discovered brutally killed in separate rooms last Monday in a trailer on Tom Hebert Road.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said, "we have... more »
Today the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office will be holding a press conference about the quadrouple homicide in Lake Charles. Sheriff Tony Mancuso will be talking about the latest developments in the case. KATC's Melissa Hawkes will be there.
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Update: NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Coroner's Office has identified the victims of a shooting that left four people - including two children - dead. John Gagliano, chief investigator for the coroner's office, on Friday identified the victims as 25-year-old Angel Davis; her daughter, 7-year-old Jamare Ross; her... more »