10case filesUpdated Jul 14, 2026
Casepin holds 10 solved cases in Louisiana. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.
Credit: UnknownEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenSlaughter, Louisiana, United States · 2022
Lacey Fletcher, a 36-year-old autistic woman in Slaughter, Louisiana, died in January 2022 after years of medical neglect by her parents, who were later convicted of manslaughter in her death.
Credit: USEPA Environmental-Protection-AgencyPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenMacondo Prospect, Mississippi Canyon Block 252, Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast · 2010
An explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers on 20 April 2010, triggering the largest marine oil spill in history and a later federal court finding of gross negligence against BP.
Credit: Hattori family, via English WikipediaEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United States · 1992
In 1992, 16-year-old Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori was fatally shot by homeowner Rodney Peairs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after Hattori and his host brother mistakenly went to the wrong house for a Halloween party. Peairs was acquitted of manslaughter but later found civilly liable for Hattori's death.
SOLVEDListenLafayette, Louisiana · 2017
Schanda Handley survived an armed abduction from her Lafayette home in 2017; her estranged husband later pleaded guilty to second-degree kidnapping and received a 35-year sentence.
Danziger Bridge, New Orleans, Louisiana · 2005
On September 4, 2005, six days after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Police Department officers shot six unarmed African-American civilians on the Danziger Bridge, killing James Brissette, 17, and Ronald Madison, a mentally disabled 40-year-old. Officers falsified reports to justify the shootings; five officers were convicted in 2011, had those convictions vacated in 2013 over prosecutorial misconduct, and ultimately pleaded guilty in 2016.
Grand 16 movie theater, Lafayette, Louisiana · 2015
On July 23, 2015, John Russell Houser opened fire during a screening of Trainwreck at the Grand 16 movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing two women and injuring nine others before fatally shooting himself.
The files run from 1873 to 2022. The 2010s hold the most, with 4 files. The oldest is Colfax massacre, from 1873.
They are spread across 7 cities and towns; the most are in New Orleans (2) and Lafayette (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (6), police shooting cases (2) and mass shooting cases (1).
4 files of the 10 have coverage attached: 8 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 5 creators. The most covered is Killing of Lacey Fletcher, with 5 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, Bella Fiori and Rotten Mango have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Lacey Fletcher — Credit: UnknownEditorial useSource
BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig on fire in the Gulf of Mexico. (15010938489) — Credit: USEPA Environmental-Protection-AgencyPublic domainSource
Yoshihiro Hattori — Credit: Hattori family, via English WikipediaEditorial useSource
Lake Charles courthouse postcard — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
The Grand 16 Theatre Lafayette Louisiana 2019 — Credit: Larry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Source
These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
10. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Colfax massacre, from 1873. Open the file
Killing of Lacey Fletcher, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (2 cases), Bella Fiori (1 case) and Rotten Mango (1 case), among 5 creators in all.
New Orleans (2) and Lafayette (2).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
