By Bill Galluccio
Feb 2, 2021
Two women were murdered by a pair of hitmen who mistook one of them for their target. Authorities in Lousiana said that
Beaux Cormier, 35, hired the two men to kill his niece, who accused him of rape.
Cormier was arrested in March 2020 and charged with third-degree rape. He then hired two men, identified as 25-year-old
Andrew Eskine and 22-year-old
Dalvin Wilson, to murder his niece so she could not testify against him.
The three men spent months conducting surveillance on a home in Montegut. In November, the two men tried to kill the woman but were unsuccessful. When they tried again on January 13, they found
Hit men hired by rape suspect killed wrong women, Louisiana sheriff says
Published: February 2, 2021 1:19 PM EST
Updated: February 2, 2021 3:38 PM EST
A Louisiana man facing rape charges tried to have his accuser killed, but two hit men instead ended up killing his sister and her neighbor, authorities said Monday.
Neither Hope Nettleton, 37, nor Brittany Cormier, 34, was the person that the hit men had been hired to kill on Jan. 13, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
L to R: Beaux Cormier, Dalvin Wilson, and Andrew Erskin were each charged with two counts of first-degree murder. (Credit: Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office)
Beaux Cormier, 35, has been accused of hiring two of his friends to kill his niece
Andrew Eskine, 25, and Dalvin Wilson, 22, have been arrested by deputies in Louisiana for the January 13 double homicide
Brittany Cormier, 34, was one of the victims and reported to be the girl s mother
Her neighbor Hope Nettleton, 37, was at the home and also killed by the hitmen
Brittany Cormier s daughter and step-daughter were reportedly hidden upstairs
Prosecutors said they may seek the death penalty for the homicide suspects