BATON ROUGE – Two years after the horrific murder of Allie Rice, her father, Paul Rice, is still haunted by the events of that fateful night in downtown Baton Rouge. In an emotional Facebook post, he recounted the moments leading up to her death, painting a heartbreaking picture of loss that has left his family forever changed.
The night of September 16, 2022, started like any other. Allie Rice, a 21-year-old LSU student, left BR.Cade after staying late with her best friend, Londyn, who was closing the bar that night. At 2:15 a.m., the two embraced in the parking lot, exchanged “I love you,” and parted ways, not knowing this would be their final goodbye.
Just four minutes later, Allie’s life would be stolen in a brutal and senseless act of violence. Waiting at a train crossing on Government Street, her car was approached by a gunman. She attempted to flee, slamming her car in reverse, but it was too late. Multiple shots were fired through her windshield, and her vehicle careened into a telephone pole. Allie was pronounced dead on the scene, having suffered ten bullet wounds.
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Paul Rice described the devastating moment when police knocked on his door at 4:45 a.m. Hank, the family’s German Shepherd, barked loudly, waking Paul and his wife Kay. Groggy and confused, Paul opened the door to see three Baton Rouge police officers in front of his own home. The lead detective asked if he was Paul Rice and if Allie was his daughter. After explaining that she had been involved in a shooting, Paul, still half-asleep, asked, “Is she ok?”
The detective looked down, delivering the words that have haunted Paul for the past two years: “No sir. She’s with the coroner now. She didn’t make it.”
Paul said his legs gave out as the reality hit him. Kay, overhearing the conversation from the kitchen, screamed in disbelief, “Oh my God, Allie is dead?!” From that moment on, their lives would never be the same.
The heartbreak hasn’t lessened for the Rice family. Rice says he frequently wakes up to news of more shootings, each one a painful reminder of Allie’s death. “I read daily on Reddit and TigerDroppings and see mentions of Allie – anger of the lack of resolution, anger towards the general lack of safety in our region, parents being warned not to send their children to LSU (while referencing Allie’s murder as the example that no one is safe),” he said.
The Baton Rouge Police Department still has no answers, and Allie’s murder remains unsolved—classified as a “random act” of violence. Despite the passage of time, the pain and uncertainty linger.
Paul Rice acknowledges the widespread attention his daughter’s case has received, and he hopes her death will highlight the growing sense of injustice in Baton Rouge and beyond.
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“Her story received national attention as I did several interviews for Fox News, CBS Inside Edition, News Nation, ABC world news, and People Magazine – curiously no CNN or MSNBC. An entire episode of Nancy Grace Crime Stories was dedicated to this event on the day of her funeral. Her story showed up on many international news sites. All drawing attention to the crime and homicide statistics in our area,” he wrote.
In his words, “Allie’s story isn’t just about her, but about a system that keeps failing.”
Rice shares how the grief of losing his beloved daughter to violence is still so profound, “I miss my daughter… every second of every day. I miss her calls. I miss her laugh. I miss her young adult drama. I miss her calling me with car trouble. I miss her coming to visit and have dinner,” he shared. “So much has happened in our lives without her being here and it has sucked all the joy out of it. We are all affected, we are not the same people we were 9/15/2022.”
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Rice’s murder remains unsolved. “Everyday someone else is living through this horrible story that we became a chapter of. BRPD has no answers,” he exclaimed. “EBRP’s mayor and city council have no answer, the FBI, DEA, ATF, sheriff’s office, state police have no answer, Governor Edwards has no answer and Governor Landry doesn’t either. No one wants to talk.”
Rice said the issues plaguing our city are “like an elaborate jigsaw puzzle” that must be fixed. “My daughter’s death, Devin Page’s death, Louis Robinson’s death, and so many others … they are worth our efforts.”
Allie Rice, a native of Geismar, La, was a marketing major at LSU.
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