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LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES SPENT A SECOND DAY SEARCHING A LARGE AREA NEAR IOWA IN HOPES OF FINDING EVIDENCE THAT WILL LEAD TO FINDING ELLA GOODIE OF SCOTT. SHE’S BEEN MISSING SINCE MARCH NINTH WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING A RIDE SHARE CUSTOMER TO HOUSTON. STATE TROOPER DEREK SENEGAL SAYS NO NEW EVIDENCE WAS FOUND, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK IN SURROUNDING AREAS FOR ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP WITH THE CASE. THE SEARCH WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE IOWA AREA BECAUSE IT WAS THE LAST PLACE THAT GOODIE’S CELL PHONE PINGED. SENEGAL SAYS THE SEARCH WAS MONITORED AND NOTATED WITH G-P-S SO THEY CAN KEEP TRACK OF AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEARCHED.
AN ERATH MAN IS ACCUSED OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTEEN SHOOTING DEATH OF TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD HEIKEEM JALEEL HEBERT OF ABBEVILLE. ABBEVILLE POLICE CHIEF BILL SPEARMAN SAYS HEBERT WAS DRIVING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH EAST AND SEVENTH STREETS, WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND CRASHED HIS VEHICLE. RECENT ADDITIONAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE LINKS THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DANIEL PAUL SIMON TO THE SHOOTING. SIMON, WHO WAS ALREADY IN JAIL ON UNRELATED CHARGES, WILL NOW FACE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
A BILL, THAT WOULD PROHIBIT BIOLOGICAL MALES WHO IDENTIFY AS FEMALE FROM COMPETING IN GIRL’S SPORTS, PASSED IN THE SENATE YESTERDAY ON A TWENTY-NINE TO SIX VOTE. IT NOW HEADS TO THE STATE HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION. THE BILL SAYS THAT ATHLETIC TEAMS AND SPORTS EVENTS DESIGNATED FOR FEMALES, GIRLS OR WOMEN SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE. IT WOULD APPLY TO K-THROUGH-TWELVE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES.
A BILL BY STATE SENATOR MARK ABRAHAM WOULD RENAME THE BLACK BAYOU BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES. IT WOULD BECOME THE DOROTHY CARTER MEMORIAL BRIDGE, NAMED AFTER THE FORMER BRIDGE OPERATOR WHO DIED IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN WHEN HER CLOTHING GOT STUCK IN THE BRIDGE MOTOR. CARTER’S MOTHER, FAYE BARNES, SAYS HER FAMILY IS HAPPY SHE IS BEING HONORED BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY DEDICATED TO WHAT SHE DID. SENATOR ABRAHAM SAYS PRIVATE DONATIONS WILL BE NEEDED TO RENAME THE BRIDGE.
Legislation to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana was voted down 5-1 in a state Senate committee. Sen. Katrina Jackson sponsored the bill, which was rejected Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary “C” Committee. Jackson said there is no way of knowing how many innocent people have been executed, noting what she called “an alarming rate” of criminal convictions being overturned. Death penalty proponents said execution is appropriate for some heinous crimes.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD FOR HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN A SHOOTING APRIL SIXTH ON VAN BUREN DRIVE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A FAMILY OF THIRTEEN IN NEW IBERIA ARE HOMELESS AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED THEIR HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND. NETTIE EVANS SAYS THEY BELIEVE THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY A CANDLE KNOCKED OVER BY HER AUTISTIC GRANDSON. SHE SAYS HER CHURCH IS PUTTING UP THE FAMILY FOR THREE NIGHTS AFTER THE RED CROSS PUT THEM IN A HOTEL THROUGH LAST NIGHT, AND THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’LL DO NEXT. A GOFUNDME PAGE WAS SET UP BY EDWARD EVANS WITH A GOAL OF RAISING NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE EVANS FAMILY.
ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD BRICE KARL ROBISON, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON ORO TRAIL ROAD IN CROWLEY. HE IS WANTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM AND SIMPLE BURGLARY. ROBISON IS WHITE, SIX-TWO, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS, WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON ROBISON’S WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS ARREST.
