Alfred Simmons stalked his ex-girlfriend for days, then shot her in the face, leaving her to die in the middle of a street, Orleans Parish prosecutors said this week during Simmons’ murder trial.
Three years ago, a jury convicted Michael Willis, 51, on a slew of drug-related charges, but it hopelessly hanged when weighing whether Willis was responsible for the second-degree murder of 41-year-old Branden Pelot, who overdosed Jan. 22, 2018 on fentanyl-laced heroin sold by Willis.