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Zoey Bumgarden, 37, was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center.
Judge David Ritchie set her bond at $745,000.
The man is believed to have died of an overdose from drugs that were given to him with the intent to rob him, according to authorities.
Capt. Jason Gully said when Sulphur Police officers arrived at Studio 6 Hotel near the Cities Service exit on Friday they found the body of Sean Khoury in a room. Â
The room was registered to Bumgarden, who was in a different room with the juvenile, authorities said.
Detectives learned that Bumgarden invited Khoury to the hotel and later allegedly conspired with the juvenile to give drugs to Khoury, 33, with the alleged intent to rob him of his belongings, which included a firearm, Gully said.
Two arrested for murder after man found dead in Sulphur hotel room Zoey Bumgarden and a male juvenile have been arrested for second-degree murder after a man was found overdosed in a Sulphur hotel room. Detectives with the Sulphur Police Department learned that Bumgarden invited Khoury to the hotel and later conspired with the juvenile to give drugs to Khoury with the intent to rob him of his belongings, which included a firearm, Capt. Jason Gully said. (Source: Sulphur Police Department) By Johnathan Manning | December 14, 2020 at 11:35 AM CST - Updated December 14 at 11:35 AM
SULPHUR, La. (KPLC) - A man found dead in a Sulphur hotel room is believed to have died of an overdose from drugs given to him with the intent to rob him, Sulphur authorities say.