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The murder of a six month old child the rocked the Natchitoches community last week has more details emerging.  The child died from severe burns following a home invasion.  State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says they’ve now made an arrest and more arrests are expected.

Cut 3 (05) “…is still ongoing.”

The person arrested was identified as 25 year old Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith.

Browning says he has been working closely with local law enforcement on the investigation and has given a timeline on when he believes the full picture will be more clear.

Cut 4  (06) “…week or so.”
Browning says the kidnapping and murder were not a random act.

Cut 5  (04) “…to the child.”

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The grandchildren of a bedridden Baton Rouge grandmother have been arrested after the elderly woman was found dead in their home. Baton Rouge Police Spokesperson Sgt. L’Jean Mckneely Jr. says Barbara Lewis-Brown was found in deplorable conditions. As a warning, the description is extremely graphic…

Cut 6 (10)  “…and malnourished”

36-year-old Charity Lewis, and 22-year-old Carlnessa Butler were charged with Manslaughter and Cruelty to the Infirmed.

Mckneely says the suspects lived with the grandmother for some time and says he has no idea how the neglect could become so severe that the two wouldn’t have noticed when their grandmother had fallen into that poor of a condition…

Cut 7 (08)  “…did nothing”

Mckneely says EMS was called to the home for medical purposes but upon seeing her condition pronounced her dead at the hospital…

Cut 8 (12) “…and medically”

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The Tax Foundation says their estimates show the average Louisianan will receive a 1,300 dollar tax break resulting from the tax reform passed in Congress last year. But a national poll showed most Americans haven’t seen a bigger paycheck yet. Tax Foundation Director of Special Projects Nicole Kaeding says if so, talk to your employer about adjusting for the new rates.

cut 9 (10)  “or April.”

The poll, from Politco/Morning Consult was released April 25^th, and showed only 22 percent of Americans noticed an increase on their paychecks.

Louisiana hit record low unemployment numbers for June, at 4.7 percent. Kaeding says their numbers show the tax reform package will ultimately be responsible for 3,000 jobs created this year in the state.

Cut 10 (09) “Effort”

Increased wages were part of the pitch for the trillion and a half dollar tax plan that slashed corporate taxes, and lowered the top marginal income tax rate. The average pay for workers has remained mostly flat over the last year, and Kaeding says it may be a few years before workers see a noticeable boost in wages related to the tax reform package.

Cut 11 (06) “have been.”