During a press conference on Monday, the sheriff said Beaux Cormier hired Andrew Eskine and Dalvin Wilson to kill a rape victim who was supposed to testify against him.
In a press release, the sheriff’s office said Cormier, 35, from Kaplan, Louisiana, Eskine, 25, from Carencro, Louisiana, and Wilson, 22, from Rayne, Louisiana, traveled to Montegut, Louisiana to do surveillance on the residence and had, on a previous occasion, attempted to carry out the murder but was unsuccessful.
Montegut is about 70 miles southwest of New Orleans.
On January 13, Wilson went to the house in Montegut and asked for the rape victim’s name. Beaux’s sister Brittany Cormier told the sniper that it was her in an attempt to protect the victim, said the sheriff, noting that she was “accepting her fate to save the life of the real victim”.
Brittany Cormier was shot with her neighbor, Hope Nettleton, who was visiting the house and tried to fight the sniper, according to Soignet. Both women died at the scene. None of the women was the person the suspects were hired to kill, according to the sheriff.
“We don’t make this kind of thing happen, double homicides, in the parish of Terrabonne,” said the sheriff. “Especially, Montegut, [it’s] it’s a small city. “
He added: “There were good people who ended up dying.”
Beaux Cormier, Wilson and Eskine are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Although Eskine was not at the crime scene, he is also being charged with the murders because he facilitated the transportation of the vehicle and helped to outline the plan, the statement said.
“It really hit the community hard, so we worked hard to bring peace to families and the community,” said the sheriff of the arrests.
It is not known if any of the suspects have prosecutors. The criminal case report is not yet available, the sheriff’s office told CNN.
The prosecutor wants to keep the suspects off the streets
According to prison records, all three suspects remain in the custody of the Terrebonne sheriff’s office. Each of them is held for a $ 2 million bond, Waitz said, adding that he is considering filing a motion to raise bond values to keep them behind bars.
“These are very dangerous people, I don’t want them on the streets,” said the prosecutor.