The man who plead guilty in August to murdering Mickey Schunick and Lisa Pate has sent a request to a judge to void his guilty pleas. According to KLFY-TV, Brandon Scott Lavergne, who is incarcerated in the state prison of Angola, says he felt pressured into pleading guilty on the charges.
Back in May, it seemed as if the entire city of Lafayette knew that Mickey Shunick was missing. It started with her friends and family taking immediate action. Then the local media. Then the national media. Posters that photographically identified the missing UL student and her signature blonde locks were on light poles and gas station doors that I personally saw stretch as far as the Florida panh
Brandon Scott Lavergne has plead guilty to murdering Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate in exchange for life in prison. According to KPEL 96.5 reporter Nathan Pike, Lavergne was required to show investigators where he buried Mickey Shunick's body and physically recreate the actions that took place on May 19, 2012.
Nathan Pike was live on the scene where Lavergne made the guilty plea earlier today, sayin
Our media partner KATC-TV 3 was on-hand when Brandon Scott Lavergene arrived at a Lafayette Parish Courthouse this morning for an evidentiary hearing. Lavergne is being held on murder charges in the deaths of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate.
Yesterday we told you that the Advertiser was reporting that the man accused of murdering UL student Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate, Brandon Scott Lavergne, would be in court this Friday morning for an evidentiary hearing. Now we're learning, from the same source, that there may be a witness testifying in the Brandon Scott Lavergne case Friday morning.
Today the Lafayette Police Department has announced that the body they recovered in Evangeline Parish on August 7th is indeed that of missing UL student Mickey Shunick. Her body was recovered from a grave site behind a small cemetery just Northwest of Mamou on LA 10.
Much of Acadiana remains on stand-by as we await the confirmation from Lafayette Police on a body that was located yesterday in Evangeline Parish. Paul Mouton, of Lafayette Police, says they are confident in their findings yesterday and that they believe Mickey Shunick has been brought home. Since then, the million dollar question is...Who brought authorities to the grave site in Evangeline Parish
Following up on the news we reported about remains found in Evangeline Parish earlier today, Cpl. Paul Mouton formally addressed the media as the body they believe to be Mickey Shunick was transported from the scene (pictured above) by the Lafayette Parish Coroner's Office.
A huge break came today in the search for a missing Lafayette girl, when authorities located remains in Evangeline Parish that they believe belong to Mickey Shunick.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) — Documents filed Thursday in district court are providing an idea of what kind of evidence prosecutors have against Brandon Scott Lavergne, the man accused of murdering Lisa Pate and missing University of Louisiana at Lafayette student Mickey Shunick...
We have received word that Brandon Scott Lavergne plead NOT GUILTY this morning in a Lafayette Parish Courthouse in the cases involving missing UL student Mickey Shunick and Youngsville native Lisa Pate. He plead not guilty to first-degree murder charges in both cases.
Charlie Shunick, Mickey‘s sister, says she would do anything to find out what happened to her. She says even if it means Brandon Scott Lavergne, the man indicted for Mickey’s murder, would strike a deal
In a bombshell announcement today, a grand jury has indicted Brandon Scott Lavergne on not one, but TWO charges of first-degree murder. In addition to an aggravated kidnapping charge, Lavergne was also indicted on charges for first-degree murder related to the disappearance of missing UL student Mickey Shunick...
Charlene Shunick, the sister of missing 22-year-old Mickey Shunick, took some time out of her schedule to sit down with us and talk about the arrest of Brandon Scott Lavergne. Lavernge is the man being held by Lafayette Police in the disappearance of UL student Mickey Shunick.
KATC obtained an incident report earlier today from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office indicating that Brandon Scott Lavergne was at a hospital in the area seeking treatment for multiple stab wounds less than 24 hours after Mickey Shunick was last seen.
We are receiving word from KATC-TV 3 that a possible shallow grave site has been located in St. Landry Parish. The reports coming out indicate that the grave site may be located on the grounds of a church in the Swords area. This is within the vicinity of the home of Brandon Scott Lavergne.
Since his arrest, we are continuing to learn more and more about the man who allegedly abducted UL student Mickey Shunick. Those closest to Brandon Scott Lavergne say that he was very "strange" and extremely "flirtatious" at times. In an article by The Independent, a Crowley hairdresser discussed her experiences with the man accused of aggravated kidnapping and first degree m
An updated affidavit of arrest containing investigative details in Brandon Scott Lavergne's 1999 aggravated burglary/aggravated oral sexual battery case has been posted on Scribd. Lavergne is currently being held on charges of aggravated kidnapping and first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of Mickey Shunick, the 22-year-old UL student from Lafayette that has been missing since M
According to a story in the Daily Advertiser, the search for the missing 22-year-old UL Student, Mickey Shunick, is still underway and it now appears that the search has extended beyond the state boundaries of Louisiana. The Lafayette paper says that since the arrest of Brandon Scott Lavergne, more tips are coming in from people who know the man accused of taking Shunick.