March 12, 2013 In a move that makes you want to say "YAY, justice system," a judge turned down confessed killer Brandon Scott Lavergne's attempts to withdraw his guilty plea. He also pretty much turned down everything else Lavergne was asking for, too.
March 6, 2013 Confessed double murderer Brandon Scott Lavergne is so upset about not being treated like a prince during his time in Angola State Penitentiary that he announced he is starting a hunger strike. You know, like Gandhi ... if Gandhi had been a cold-blooded stalker/butcher.
January 30, 2013 We have to say, Dateline NBC did a worthy job in recapping the entire Mickey Shunick saga on their show Tuesday. But equally fascinating was unearthed footage of killer Brandon Scott Lavergne's confession. In fact, it's chilling how calmly he describes what he did.
January 27, 2013 The case of the missing University of Louisiana Lafayette student Mickey Shunick will be the featured story on NBC's Dateline this Tuesday night January 29th.
January 8, 2013 Just when we thought the story had ended, a new twist -- Brandon Scott Lavergne, the killer of UL-Lafayette student Mickey Shunick has changed his mind about his guilty pleas and is now claiming he was pressured into making his plea deal.
The Lake Charles Police Department held a press conference August 20, 2012 to announce details of the city's seventh homicide of the year. Dorothy Melinda Horseman was pronounced dead this morning after what appeared to be a domestic dispute
KPLC-TV is reporting a man has been found in a parking lot in Lake Charles. The mans body was found Tuesday morning off Broad Street and Lakeshore Drive.
As we reported last week, Brandon Lavergne was indicted by a grand jury in Lafayette for the first degree murder of the still-missing Mickey Shunick.
But in a shocking twist in the case, Lavergne was also charged with the first degree murder of Lisa Pate, an Acadia Parish woman who was found dead in 1999. Now the Lafayette Parish District attorney is saying that both cases may be tried together.
A Lafayette Parish grand jury indicted Brandon Scott Lavergne for the first degree murder of the still-missing Mickey Shunick. But in a bombshell, grand jurors also found enough evidence to also charge him with the first degree murder of an Acadia Parish woman who was found dead in 1999.
June 15, 2012 One shooter is in custody and the hunt is on for his partner in the killing of a 23-year-old man and the shooting of a 62-year-old woman on North Cherry Street Thursday. LCPD Chief Don Dixon said detectives are looking for any information the public can provide on the unidentified second shooter.
Casey Anthony’s defense attorney, Jose Baez, who already has his eye on a gig as a TV legal analyst, reportedly met with a literary agent from Inkwell Management last week in the hopes of also landing a book deal.
The agent, Richard Pine, already represents authors such as Arianna Huffington and James Patterson.
