Central City Slaying Trial Begins

Central City massacre trial is off to a stomach-churning start
by Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday August 19, 2009, 8:21 PM
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An Orleans Parish jury viewed gruesome pictures of the quintuple murder scene left in Central City before dawn June 17, 2006, and heard in excruciating detail how a spray of .40-caliber bullets blotted out each young life by tearing through skulls, chests and lungs. KEEP READING

Marrero Murder Trial

Marrero murder case nets guilty verdict; three more trials ahead
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday August 19, 2009, 8:46 PM

Among the neighborhood kids in their Marrero subdivision off Lapalco Boulevard, Louis Perreira was known as the "candy man, " a moniker he earned from selling and handing out sweets over the fence across his manicured front lawn. KEEP READING

C-Murder Sentenced To Life In Prison

C-Murder gets earful from parents of teenager he is convicted of killing
by Paul Purpura and C.J. Lin, The Times-Picayune
Friday August 14, 2009, 6:24 PM

Barred by a gag order for more than seven years from speaking about the killing of their son, the parents of the Avondale teen shot to death in a Harvey nightclub publicly addressed Corey "C-Murder" Miller for the first time Friday, before the rapper was sentenced to life in prison for murder. KEEP READING

Arrest Made In 7th Ward Murder

NEW ORLEANS - Police have made an arrest in connection with a July 22 murder in the 7th Ward, according to New Orleans Police Department spokesman Officer Garry Flot. Keep Reading

Woman Murdered In Baton Rouge

By ASHLEY M. BAILEY
Advocate staff writer
Published: Aug 3, 2009

Gunshots fired into a Madison Avenue bedroom early Sunday killed a 29-year-old mother of four, police said.

Baton Rouge police spokesman Capt. Carl Kelley said in a news release that Charell Green was shot several times about 1 a.m. through her bedroom window at 2751 Madison Ave.

She was taken to Baton Rouge General Medical Center - Mid City where she died. Keep Reading

Murder In Lafayette (Update)

Man killed over stolen car
Two arrested in fatal shooting

Jeff Moore • jeffmoore@theadvertiser.com • August 3, 2009


A 19-year-old man was shot and killed after he allegedly stole a car parked outside a Lafayette convenience store Sunday.
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Officers discovered the body of Timothier Kenmora Welcome, of Lafayette, behind the wheel of the car after it crashed into a train station nearby. Keep Reading

Lifestyle of the Weird & Macabre - New Orleans Edition

Man gets life sentence for killing woman whose body he kept in a trunk
by Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
Monday August 03, 2009, 9:35 AM

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, whose body he kept in a trunk for three years, today was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Keep Reading

Murder In Downtown Lafayette

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August 2, 2009

Lafayette police answered report of multiple shots

A homicide investigation is under way after a man's body, discovered in a crashed car this morning in downtown Lafayette, was found to have a bullet wound.
The Lafayette Police Department is asking for the public's help. Anyone who was near the Spirit Station and witnessed the shooting about 2 a.m. today should call the Lafayette Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 232- TIPS.

Police answered a report of multiple gunshots near the Spirit Station at Jefferson Boulevard and Evangeline Thruway. They found a red 2001 Lincoln Continental crashed into a wall at the train depot at Lee Avenue and the railroad tracks.

The man's body was found in the car, and police said he appeared to have died from a gunshot wound.

Murder in Harvey

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Just before 3:00 a.m. this morning, twenty-five year old Timothy Douglas was found shot to death in a driveway of a home located on Pailet Avenue. It is believed that the cause of Douglas’ death is multiple gunshot wounds . . . Keep Reading