Ouachita DA reopens prosecution of former death row prisoner
The Ouachita Parish District Attorney’s office attempted to obtain a DNA sample last week from former death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan in an apparent effort to reopen the case against him for the 1993 death of his former girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, Haley Oliveaux. Prosecutors also allegedly dispatched West Monroe Police officers to try to […]
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