6:30 LRN Newscast February 2

Three men are facing first-degree murder charges in the murder of two women in Terrebonne Parish last month. Investigators say Beaux Cormier of Kaplan hired two other men, Andrew Eskine of Carencro and Dalvin Wilson of Rayne to kill a girl he raped, instead they killed the victim’s mother Brittany Cormier and her friend Hope Nettleton. District Attorney Joe Waitz Junior says he’ll ask the victims’ families on how to proceed…
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Bond has been set at two million dollars for each person charged.

Calcasieu Parish deputies have arrested 28-year-old Blake Jenkins of Alexandria for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from Acadia Parish and having sex with her. Calcasieu Sheriff Chief Deputy Stitch Guillory says he left the girl at a Lake Charles casino under the pretense of earning gas money…
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Jenkins has been charged with second-degree kidnapping and human trafficking.

The state will roll out a new tutoring program designed to help kids catch up on education they may have missed during the pandemic. Matt Doyle has more on the Accelerate program…
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