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From The Eunice News files

From the September 1975 files of The Eunice News
New teachers this fall at Eunice Junior High are Danny Chachere, science and PE; Donna Bordelon, reading; Jean Sonnier, English; Sheila Loeb, Louisiana history and civics; and Clarence Taylor, science. Freddie Alfred is principal.

Fire marshal rules murder-suicide in deaths of 3 in house fire (Update)

State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning, third from left, said the deaths of a Eunice mother and her two daughters Sunday was a murder-suicide. Browning spoke at news conference Monday afternoon at the Eunice City Hall. Browning said Carla Watford, 39, shot Julie Watford, 16, and Jayia Watford, 9, in the master bedroom of a house at 750 S. 4th St., early Sunday morning, the set the house on fire before killing herself. From left, are Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot; Lance Carruth, assistant chief with the fire marshal's office; Browning; and Eunice Fire Chief Mike Arnold. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A Eunice mother shot her 16- and 9-year-old daughters with a handgun, set their home on fire and then shot herself, State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning Jr. said Monday at a news conference at the Eunice City Hall.

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