Destiny Beasley

2 weeks ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE — The lawyer for a man accused of second-degree murder and obstruction of evidence after a toddler's death told a Baton Rouge jury Thursday that her client didn't kill the girl but did try to keep police from learning what happened. Phillip Gardner was accused after Nevaeh Allen's body was found in a shallow grave in Mississippi. Prosecutors say the girl mother's punched her, and that Gardner put the girl in a suitcase — still alive — and drove to a wooded area to hide the crime.

2 weeks ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police arrested 18-year-old Carlgene Nash after being accused of killing a 21-year-old outside of the Cortana Amazon facility. Nash turned himself in Wednesday morning after an argument led to him shooting and killing his former co-worker 21-year-old Daylon Anthony late Monday night. One employee who asked to be identified as Sarah said there's been several fights before Anthony's death.

2 weeks ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE — Employees told WBRZ they could not believe a man was shot and killed outside of the Amazon Fulfilment Center on Cortana Place late Monday night. An employee who goes by the name of Sue said the employees went on their first break for their shift around 11 p.m. Monday night. She said after 10 to 15 minutes of being on break, she heard gunshots. "I heard maybe one or two at first right before we froze and that’s when we took off. It was multiple," she said.

2 weeks ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE — The public defender's office is backing the District Attorney's tax proposal on Saturday's ballot. District Attorney Hillar Moore has said his office has a backlog of cases because it's underfunded and understaffed. Stephen Sterling, an attorney in the public defender's office, said it has the same problems and hopes to also benefit from additional funding.

2 weeks ago | wbrz.com | Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge family is mourning the loss of an 18-year-old who was found shot to death inside his car Saturday night. The Baton Rouge Police Department said Jonathon Triplett was stopped between the red light and the train tracks at the intersection of North 38th Street and Choctaw Drive when his car was shot at. Triplett's aunt Crystal Kinchen said she talked to him right before he died. “That was the last call. He told me he was on the way home.