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Lafayette authorities have identified the victim whose body was found inside a tool box. Police said Wednesday the victim is 23-year-old Alannah L. Montalvo, of Lafayette. Investigtators say Montalvo was in a relationship with a suspect killed in an earlier shooting, 36-year-old Barrett B. Farabee II. Based on forensic evidence and statements obtained during the course of both investigations, police say Farabee is believed to be responsible for the death of Montalvo, whose body was found inside a tool box about 4 p.m. Tuesday.
TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, INCLUDING ONE FROM LAKE CHARLES, WILL NOT FACE MURDER CHARGES. THE TWO MEN, 25-YEAR-OLD BRANDON HENDERSON AND 23-YEAR-OLD ERNEST FELTON, WERE ARRESTED AFTER THE SHOOTING IN BATON ROUGE ON APRIL TENTH, AND CHARGED WITH MURDER, EVEN THOUGH INVESTIGATORS DID NOT BELIEVE THE TWO STUDENTS WERE THE INTENDED TARGETS. A GRAND JURY DID NOT GO ALONG WITH THE PROSECUTION AND REJECTED THE MURDER CHARGES. HENDERSON CAN STAND TRIAL FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, WHILE THE CASE AGAINS FELTON CAN ONLY MOVE FORWARD IF THE PROSECUTION BRINGS NEW EVIDENCE TO THE GRAND JURY.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL NOT BE PROVIDING SECURITY AT THIS WEEKEND’S SUGARCANE FESTIVAL. CAPTAIN WENDELL RABORN SAYS THEY TALKED TO FESTIVAL OFFICIALS ABOUT AT LEAST PROVIDING SECURITY AT THE PARADE, BUT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WANTED A SIGNED CONTRACT, WHICH THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO. RABORN TELLS KLFY TV THAT LAST YEAR THERE WAS A DISPUTE AFTER THE SUGARCANE FESTIVAL FAILED TO PAY THE ENTIRE BILL FOR SECURITY AND SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL HAD TO PAY DEPUTIES OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET. HE SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE REGULAR PATROLS AND MONITOR POTENTIAL TROUBLE SPOTS LIKE HOPKINS STREET.
Louisiana auditors say Gulf oil spill recovery money intended for testing to ensure Louisiana fish were safe for consumers instead paid for unnecessary iPads, cameras, boats and now-missing fishing equipment. The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office describes the safety program as so mismanaged by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that it couldn’t even declare if the catch was fit to eat. Energy giant BP gave Louisiana millions for the program aimed at restoring confidence in the state’s seafood industry after the 2010 spill. The former secretary of the agency, Robert Barham, says the draft report contains “factual errors” and he’s drawing up a formal response.
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A FORMER LAKE CHARLES MAYOR DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. ED WATSON, WHO WAS 73, WAS THE MAYOR OF LAKE CHARLES BETWEEN 1985 AND 1989. THE CURRENT MAYOR RANDY ROACH CALLED WATSON A MENTOR, WHO REMINDED HIM THAT HIS FIRST RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. HE TOLD KPLC TV THAT WATSON HELPED THE CITY RECOVER FROM THE RECESSION DURING HIS TERM, REBALANCED THE BUDGET, AND HELPED CREATE THE CHENNAULT INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK.
AN 84-YEAR-OLD MAMOU MAN WAS ROBBED BY A 15-YEAR-OLD, WHO BEAT HIM WITH HIS OWN CANE. THE BOY TOOK 120 DOLLARS AND A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS INVOLVED AS WELL. 84-YEAR-OLD J-C BOUTTE SAYS HE KNEW THE 15-YEAR-OLD AND POLICE WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THE TWO BOYS, WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY AND RELEASED TO THEIR PARENT’S CUSTODY. KATC TV ASKED BOUTTE IF HE HAD A MESSAGE FOR THE BOYS AND HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, “I ASK GOD TO FORGIVE THEM, THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has named 24 Louisiana parishes and two Texas counties as agricultural disaster areas because of last month’s storms and flooding. Louisiana’s agriculture department says in a news release that 11 parishes are primary disaster areas, and the others are adjacent to them.
The primary disaster areas include Acadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin and Vermilion parishes. Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, and St. Mary parishes, are among the contiguous disaster areas.
