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 lock…
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 …
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 test…
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 t…
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.