Victim’s Voice: 26-year-old suffers 3 near-death strokes from popping her neck
“It’s super important to get the word out because if I can help even one person not have to go through what I had to go through and so many others have had to go […]
Victims’ Voices
Family home catches fire weeks after son injured in hit & run
“Every time I breathe I just smell smoke. Even when I’m not home, I smell smoke. It’s like it’s stuck in my lungs.” A Baton Rouge home is unlivable after a fire on October 17, […]
Victim’s Voice: No answers for family killed in fiery crash on I-110
“It angered us. We’re not a vengeful family but just having the thought in the back of your mind that somebody who’s out there never came forward and just going on and living their life.” […]
Victim’s voice: BRPD failed to investigate beating after wreck
“I want to try to bring attention to the crime taking place in the city and the lack of ability to deal with it in any sort of meaningful way. I want to bring that […]
Victim’s Voice: “He beat me unconscious” over a minor accident
“He beat the crap out of me. He beat me unconscious. I didn’t even know where I was at.” The details were hard to remember initially, but Scott Gray is starting to put the pieces […]
Victim’s Voice: After extensive search, son’s body found weeks later at same location
Pam Rivas lost her son Shawn Rivas to a fentanyl overdose in July 2021. The mother said the drug was allegedly sold to her son by a known drug dealer. In the months that followed, […]
Victim’s Voice: Family wants answers, closure to July deadly hit and run
“I am so sorry I didn’t hear you cry out for me because you knew I would’ve been there. Baby, I’m so sorry. You didn’t deserve this.” His name was Javon Serf and he was […]
Victim’s Voice: Mother gets justice after son’s killer convicted
After over four years, Kendra Carter received a bit of closure when a jury convicted her son’s killer of three charges, including second-degree murder on Sept. 16. Kendra’s son, Christopher Carter, was at his grandmother’s […]
Victim’s Voice: Mother demands answers from hospital regarding son’s death
“This was malpractice and a misdiagnosis. He was murdered by this hospital.” ~Mother A 19-year-old former state wrestling champion died without prior medical problems and his mother is demanding answers from the hospital. Malakai Mills […]
Victim’s Voice: Marketplace deal goes awry, customer steals car
East Baton Rouge Parish resident Danielle Goodwill says she posted her 2013 Dodge Challenger SXT Coupe for sale on Facebook Marketplace earlier in July. A potential buyer reached out and met her at a local […]