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One person has been arrested for aggravated arson at a house at 413 Liberty St. on Sunday.
Eunice Police identified the arrested man as Fredrick Stevens, 31, of the 1400 block of Jacob Road, Eunice.
Ville Platte firefighters responded to a residential structure fire at 1089 Robert F. Kennedy Drive in Ville Platte at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday, after neighbors reported smoke emanating from the home, a State Fire Marshal’s news release stated. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana State Fire Marshal)
State Fire Marshal investigators continue to piece together clues as to what started a fire that claimed the life of one of Louisiana’s longest-living citizens Saturday morning.
Nicholas James Dupuis, 33, of Crowley,
A 22-year-old Church Point man has been charged in connection with a fire Sunday where a woman’s body was found.
A news release from the State Fire Marshal’s office identified the man arrested as Kantarise Tatty Jordan Lazaro, 22, of Church Point.
Celebrations of life will be held for Carla Watford, 39, and her daughters, Julia, 16, and Jayia Watford, 9, at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Eunice.
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.
