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Friday night's killing of a Lake Charles pastor during his church services may be the result of rape allegations filed against the pastor in the days before the shooting.

The pastor of Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center on Deshotel Lane was shot and killed Friday night in the middle of church services, and the motive for the killing remains unknown at this hour.

This is probably the most disturbing thing you'll read all week. Sorry in advance.

Derek Medina, 31, of South Miami posted a picture of his dead wife on Thursday morning on his personal Facebook page. Police found the woman’s body in the townhouse, and according to authorities there was a 10-year-old girl at the home, Derek Medina's daughter from a previous relationship, but she was not hurt.

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.

Poor little St. Lavergne thinks he's being treated too roughly behind those charming prison walls at Angola.

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.

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.

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.