Detectives in Vernon Parish are asking the public for help with a 33-year-old cold case of a teen that disappeared. Brooke Thorington has more.
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It’s Fat Tuesday one of the more joyous days out of the year in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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It was 33 years ago when 15-year-old Tammy Call disappeared from Leesville High School and seven years later, her remains were found in the Sandy Hill area. On the anniversary of her disappearance, Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft made a post on social media to encourage anyone with information to contact them.
He says one clue could help them find a break in this cold case.
It was February 20, 1990, that Call was last seen on Highway 171, a Thursday morning, leaving school, just blocks away from Leesville High. Craft says they later located her book bag but ever since they’ve had very few clues to go on.
Then seven years after her disappearance a hunter reportedly found human remains. Craft says they were discovered in the Fort Polk area.
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If you have any information you’re asked to call the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office and also asked to share their Facebook post about the cold case.
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Everywhere else in the country today it’s just Tuesday, but here in Louisiana its Fat Tuesday, a tradition like no other. There are parades across south Louisiana. In New Orleans, the party will go until midnight and these revelers on historic St. Charles Avenue are ready….
You could not ask for a better Mardi Gras weather wise. Warm temperatures and no rain and these parade goers are enjoying the day….
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Mardi Gras celebrations attract visitors from around the world. These folks from Texas are enjoying their first Fat Tuesday in the Big Easy…
Today is the last day of parades until next January. It will be an early Mardi Gras in 2024 as Fat Tuesday next year is February 13th.
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Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with the Sunday night shooting death of a person in the Coteau area. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Katherine Breaux says Caiden Sheridan was arrested by Lake Charles police Monday evening.
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Breaux says it was 7 PM Sunday they received a call about a shooting in the 3400 block of General Patton Street.
The victim has now been identified as 19-year-old Ashton Money, of Broussard.
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Shreveport Police and Louisiana State Police have been fast and transparent in the recent officer-involved shooting death of 43-year-old Alonzo Bagley; releasing body cam footage & other evidence to the public quickly. This contrasts with the 2019 case of Ronald Greene, wherein body cam footage was suppressed for over a year, before it leaked to the public. Baton Rouge criminal defense attorney Franz Borghardt says there’s no comparison…:
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Borhardt can only speculate, but says quite possibly lessons learned from the Greene case have inspired law enforcement to be more forthcoming with information going forward. He says there is a risk involved in being too transparent with ongoing case information, though…:
Those accused of a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler has been charged with negligent homicide in Bagley’s death. Borghardt says, in this case, releasing the body cam video was the right choice…:
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