Authorities: No evidence person seen going into woods near Pitkin was Alexandria murder suspect (Source: Vernon Parish Sheriff s Department) By Johnathan Manning and Madison Glaser | February 10, 2021 at 12:24 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 12:24 PM
VERNON PARISH, La. (KPLC) - Authorities searched the Pitkin area for a person seen going into the woods Tuesday night, but there is no evidence that he is connected to a double-murder Sunday in Alexandria, according to the Vernon Parish Sheriffâs Office.
The Sheriffâs Office received a call of a suspicious subject walking on La. 113 south of Pitkin around 5:48 p.m. Tuesday, according to a post on the Vernon Sheriffâs Office Facebook page.