It was three years ago today that the massive Bayou Corne sinkhole formed in northern Assumption Parish, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of nearby residents. Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Director John Boudreaux says the area is now a ghost town…

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The sinkhole was created from a collapsed underground salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine.

Cell phone encryption is making it difficult to solve the murders of 29-year-old Brittney Mills and her son, according to East Baton Rouge Parish DA Hillar Moore. He says the victim’s iPhone had the iOS-8 operating software and nobody knows her pass code. Therefore, Moore says they are unable to access any of Mills’ last text messages, phone calls, or contacts…

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Mills, who was 8 months pregnant, was shot and killed on April 24th at her apartment. The baby later died at a hospital.

Terrebonne Parish authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was found nude in an apartment in Pointe-aux-Chenes. Sheriff’s Office Capt. Dawn Foret says 50-year-old Lee Dupre, who is the tenant of the apartment, was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice for altering the scene. Foret says they are unsure if Dupre is a suspect in the woman’s death because they’re still working to determine the cause…

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Foret says, because the body was found in a state of decomposition, they’re waiting on dental records to ID the victim.