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Joyce Thomas daughter struggles with parole boards decision to release DeWoody Joyce Thomas daughter struggles with parole boards decision to release DeWoody and last updated 2021-05-01 00:00:50-04 In Part 3 of our investigation into the Philip DeWoody case file, we talk to Joyce Thomass daughter, Brecky Lavigne. Thomas is the woman DeWoody admitted to killing after kidnapping her from her Evangeline Parish apartment in March of 2020. She says she knows Philip DeWoody is the person who killed h...

How investigators knew who Joyce Thomas killer was How investigators knew who Joyce Thomas killer was and last updated 2021-04-30 00:21:46-04 LAFAYETTE, La. — Before a man killed a Ville Platte deaf and mute woman, he had already bought supplies to cover up his tracks. Still, police were able to determine that Phillip DeWoody was the killer they were looking for using the digital footprints he left along the way. Phillip DeWoodys day began around 9:00 a.m. on February 26, 2020 - the last d...

The witness and the officer: Two involved in Joyce Thomas case speak The witness and the officer: Two involved in Joyce Thomas case speak Posted at 5:34 PM, Apr 28, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-28 23:14:39-04 Its been more than a year since a Ville Platte woman was murdered. Joyce Thomas, 72, who was deaf and unable to speak, was missing for several days before her body was found along the I-49 service road between Sunset and Opelousas. Phillip Dewoody is serving two life sentences after pl...

The Disappearance of Joyce Thomas The investigation that led to her killer Posted: 1:40 PM, Apr 29, 2021 Updated: 2021-05-01 00:13:04-04 The witness and the officer: Two involved in Joyce Thomas case speak About a month ago Phillip Dewoody pleaded guilty to murdering Joyce Thomas, just a few weeks after the first anniversary of her death. After lying about what happened for roughly six months, he finally confessed, and later was indicted. At the same time, he pleaded guilty to the abduction an...

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St. Landry Kidnapping, Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty The man who kidnapped and murdered a Ville Platte woman last year will spend the rest of his life in prison. Philip Dewoody received three consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty this morning to first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated rape. The first-degree murder charge stemmed from the death of Joyce Thomas. Thomas disappeared from Ville Platte last March. State troopers found her body was found days later off I-4...

Opelousas man pleads guilty in first degree murder case, three life sentences handed down Phillip Dewoody pled guilty to the first degree murder of a St. Landry Parish woman who went missing in 2020. and last updated 2021-03-17 20:33:00-04 OPELOUSAS, La. — Philip Dewoody has pleaded guilty and been given three life sentences Tuesday in a kidnapping and in the murder of Joyce Thomas. Dewoody, 54 pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the slaying of Thomas. He also pleaded guilty to the...

Phillip Dewoody, who kidnapped and sexually assaulted one woman and killed another, was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. Dewoody took a guilty plea Wednesday in St. Landry Parish before Judge Ledricka Thierry. He will serve the three life sentences in exchange for the district attorneys office not seeking the death penalty. The plea was accepted by the victims families.  "Finally justice was delivered today for these two victims and their families," District Attorney Chad Pitre...

Alabama saw a 31% jump in COVID vaccines last week, now slowed by supply Updated Feb 18, 2021; Posted Feb 18, 2021 Large-scale COVID vaccination sites like this one at the Hoover Met Complex opened across Alabama in early February 2021.UAB Media Relations Facebook Share For one beautiful week, Alabama’s drive-thru vaccine clinics operated so smoothly, you’d think they also offered waffle-cut fries. “People were commenting that we had a Chick-Fil-A type process,” said Maegan Austin, sp...