The prominent pastor from Reserve was convicted by a non-unanimous jury for the death of his 8-year-old stepson but had the conviction overturned six years later.
Pastor awaiting new murder trial seeks return to St. John Parish jail
Errol Victor’s attorneys, Graham Bosworth and Autumn Town, are fighting to get him returned to St. John the Baptist Parish jail.
Credit: WWL-TV Published: 5:35 PM CDT July 23, 2021 Updated: 5:36 PM CDT July 23, 2021
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. The strange story of a Louisiana pastor charged with murdering his 8-year-old stepson continues to get stranger.
Errol Victor Sr. is still being held in Louisiana’s state prison system, 14 months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his murder conviction because it was unconstitutional and more than a year after the state Department of Corrections returned him to the custody of the local sheriff.
Accused murderer qualifies for Louisiana congressional race from jail
Monroe News-Star
A Louisiana minister charged with the murder of his 8-year-old stepson in 2008 is running for Congress from his jail cell in Catahoula Parish while he awaits a new trial as first reported by WWL-TV.
Errol Victor Sr. qualified to run in the March 20 special election to fill the state s 5th Congressional District seat left vacant after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 complications last month before he could be seated.
Tyler Brey, a spokesman for Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, told USA Today Network that Victor qualified by proxy.
Victor was charged with murder in 2008 following the death of his 8-year-old stepson, M.L. Lloyd III. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 8:58 PM CST January 21, 2021 Updated: 10:12 PM CST January 29, 2021
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. A St. John the Baptist pastor whose 2014 murder conviction was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court last year is now running for Congress from his jail cell in central Louisiana while he waits for a new trial.
Errol Victor Sr., 54, qualified Thursday to run as a Republican in the 5th Congressional District for the seat left vacant when Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died of complications from COVID-19 before he could take office.