Rape Suspect Hires Men to Murder Accuser, They Mistakenly Kill His Sister Instead Police
On 2/2/21 at 9:54 AM EST
A Louisiana man charged with rape hired two hit men to kill his accuser, but they ended up killing his sister and her neighbor, authorities said.
Brittany Cormier, 34, and Hope Nettleton, 37, were shot dead at a home in Montegut on January 13.
Beaux Cormier, 35, of Kaplan, hired his friends Andrew Eskine, 25, of Carencro, and 22-year-old Dalvin Wilson, of Rayne, to kill his niece, who he is accused of raping, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet said during a news conference on Monday.
All three men were booked into the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex and charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
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
Earlier this month, a convicted sex offender in Louisiana allegedly hired two men to kill his niece to prevent her from testifying against him during a rape trial sparking a series of events that resulted in the murders of the accused rapist’s sister and her neighbor.
On Friday, Terrebonne Parish police announced in a Facebook post that they arrested Beaux Cormier, 35, Andrew Eskine, 25, and Dalvin Wilson, 22, for the January 13 shooting deaths of Brittany Cormier, 34, and Hope Nettleton, 37.
Beaux Cormier was arrested in Vermilion Parish in March 2020 for the third-degree rape of his niece. Police said he hired Eskine and Wilson to kill his niece to suppress her testimony.
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