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DANIELLE ESCUE LEA, 39 AND HER TEN YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ALAYNA LEA WERE REPORTED MISSING IN BATON ROUGE ON JULY 28. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THEY MAY BE IN ST. MARTIN PARISH. LEA AND HER DAUGHTER WERE SEEN WITH MICHAEL NONA, 42 OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS BACK IN LATE APRIL AND MAYBE INTO MAY IN THE BUTTE LA ROSE AREA. NONA WAS ARRESTED ON UNRELATED CHARGES IN TEXAS AND IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE A PART OF THE LEAS DISAPPEARANCE. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON WHERE LEA AND HER DAUGHTER MIGHT BE IS URGED TO CONTACT THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE OR THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THE TWO KIDS THAT WERE RESCUED FROM THE HIMBOLA MANOR APARTMENT FIRE ARE STILL BEING TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES BURN CENTER. BOTH THE 14 YEAR-OLD BOY AND 5 YEAR-OLD GIRL ARE UNCONSCIOUS AND INTUBATED AS THEY RECOVER FROM THE FIRE. BRITTANY WASHINGTON WAS AT WORK WHEN SHE GOT A CALL TELLING HER THAT HER APARTMENT WAS ON FIRE AND HER KIDS WERE INSIDE. SHE RUSHED HOME TO FIND IT ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND LET OUT A FRANTIC SCREAM. SHE WATCHED AND PRAYED AS FIREFIGHTERS WENT INTO HER BURNING APARTMENT AND RESCUED HER SON AND THEN HER AUTISTIC DAUGHTER. WASHINGTON WAS QUOTED AS SAYING “I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU GOD, YOU KNOW. GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKER, I’LL TELL YOU THAT”. WASHINGTON LOST ALL OF HER PHYSICAL POSSESSIONS, INCLUDING CLOTHES, SHOES AND SCHOOL UNIFORMS. IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO START OVER FOR A SINGLE MOM, ESPECIALLY WITH SCHOOL STARTING AUGUST 12TH. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP WASHINGTON AND HER KIDS CAN CONTACT KLFY AT 337-981-4844. A GOFUNDME IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SETUP.
- MARTINVILLE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THREE MEN BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING IN ADAM CARLSON PARK. GEORGE FAUST FROM TV 10 HAS THE STORY
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A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING TRYING TO CROSS EVANGELINE THRUWAY. LAFAYETTE POLICE REPSONDED TO A CALL ABOUT AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN AROUND 5:59 YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE 2100 BLOCK OF NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE PEDESTRIAN WAS CROSSING THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE THRUWAY OUTSIDE OF A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK WHEN THE PERSON WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER SUBMITTED TO A VOLUNTARY BREATH SAMPLE, WHICH SHOWED NO IMPAIRMENT. THERE WAS A CROSSWALK JUST DOWN FROM WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. LAFAYETTE POLICE SAID THIS IS THE THIRD FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT IN THE AREA SINCE 2020. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PEDESTRIAN IS PENDING THE NOTIFICATION OF FAMILY.
ROBBY ALBARADO, A JOCKEY LEGEND FROM ACADIANA, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING IN HIS SLEEP. ALBARADO HAD SURGERY AT SARATOGA HOSPITAL TO PUT IN STENTS TO HELP WITH BLOCKAGE NEAR HIS HEART IN JULY AND WAS RECOVERING AT TRAINER KENNY MCPEEK’S HOME IN SARATOGA. MCPEEK HAD BROUGHT ALBARADO IN TO PREPARE THE TWO YEAR-OLD TWINKLE TOWN IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE COLT’S SIX-LENGTH VICTORY IN LAST SATURDAY’S GRADE 2 SARATOGA SPECIAL. ALBARADO WON MORE THAN 5,000 RACES AND WON OVER $221,560,948 IN EARNINGS IN A CAREER FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, HIGHLIGHTED BY WINNING THE 2020 PREAKNESS FOR TRAINER MCPEEK RIDING THE FILLY SWISS SKYDIVER. ALBARADO WAS 52, LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN
