Lost letter frees man, prompts civil rights march
The surprise court introduction of a letter Friday morning, July 14, 1967, resulted later that day in the acquittal of J. W. Copling, Jr., a man standing trial for the murder of Clarence Trigg one year earlier, July 30, 1966, on a Saturday evening in Bogalusa. The defendant had attorney Ossie Brown to thank for his freedom.
Murdered tow driver’s nemesis wore a badge
Throughout the five years preceding his murder, tow truck driver Charles Lee Reppond told anyone who would listen that the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office covered up the circumstances of his son’s death, and in 1988, he filed a 50,000-dollar lawsuit against a 20-year veteran of the department.
Tow truck driver shot, body burned inside
Charles Lee Reppond climbed into his first tow truck in 1969, unaware that a similar truck would become his tomb 20 years later.
Louisiana child sex traffic worse than most admit
A multi-agency South Louisiana task force operation headed by the United States Marshal Service resulted in the arrest of 18 alleged human traffickers and saw fourteen missing children return home to their families. However, the problem of juvenile sex and labor traffic in Louisiana is far greater than most realize or are willing to admit.