3 booked after bones found buried in the woods in Terrebonne
The identity of the victim is not being released at this time, pending DNA confirmation from the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 5:33 PM CST February 25, 2021
GIBSON, La. Three men have been booked on murder or accessory charges after detectives found the remains of a man in a wooded area Wednesday, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff s Office said in a news release.
Sheriff Timothy Soignet said that detectives had been working on a report of a murder that occurred in Gibson.
The investigation led them to the 5200 block of North Bayou Black Road, where detectives, along with the Morgan City Police Department and the Patterson Dept. K-9 unit, located the remains of a buried male.
Three arrested on murder charges after human remains found in Gibson
Police said the discovery of human bones in a wooded area in Gibson led to two people being charged with murder.
Alvin Fitch, 34, of Morgan City, and Christopher Martin, 34, of Berwick, are both charged with first-degree murder, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
A third suspect identified as Morgan City resident Chance Boudreaux, 26, is charged as an accessory after the fact.
Detectives have been working closely with Morgan City Police Department and Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators after they received information of a murder that occurred in Gibson, authorities said.
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The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff s Office says that the discovery of human remains in a wooded area this week has led to two arrests for murder. Sheriff Soignet advised that on February 24, 2021, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff s Office Detectives located human remains in the 5200 block of North Bayou Black Drive.
Soignet says that detectives have been working closely with Morgan City Police Department and Lafayette Sheriff âs Office detectives after receiving information of a murder that occurred in Gibson, LA. Through the investigation, detectives were led to the area in the 5200 block of North Bayou Black Drive. At this location, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff s Office detectives, with the assistance of Morgan City Police Department and Patterson Police Department K9 division located the