The Louisiana Supreme Court has rejected Brandon Scott Lavergne's request to overturn his guilty pleas in two murders, those being Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate.
From KATC -
Brandon Scott Lavergne is again asking a judge to throw out his guilty pleas. Lavergne is sentenced to life in prison at Angola after confessing to killing Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate. He initially filed the documents in January, but a judge denied his request and told him to re-file his motion in accordance with state law. His...
If you missed last night's Dateline NBC on Mickey Shunick, here is the show segment by segment. The show featured interviews with the Shunick family, law enforcement along with the confession by Brandon Scott Lavergne.
As we've found out from our friends at The Daily Advertiser, the confession tapes from Brandon Scott Lavergne have been released. In the confession, Lavergne says he accidentally hit Mickey Shunick as she rode her bicycle in the morning hours of May 19.
A search of Brandon Scott Lavergne's home in the investigation of Mickey Shunick's death uncovered the driver's license of a Texas woman whose whereabouts remain unknown.
Brandon Scott Lavergne, convictected of murdering Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate, had a psycghological evaluation done on Aug 8, 2012, and it's just been released.
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...
Brandon Scott Lavergne was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the May 19th disappearance of 22-year-old Mickey Shunick of Lafayette and a second count of first-degree murder in the killing of Lisa Pate in Acadia Parish 13 years ago...
The Mickey Shunick case has revealed new, startling information about Brandon Scott Lavergne's history and past crimes. Brandon Scott Lavergne has been connected to the once believed "cold case" on Lisa Pate.
When news of Brandon Scott Lavergne's indictment on two murder charges came down Wednesday afternoon, it sent a surprise shock through the community. Lavergne will face trial for Mickey Shunick, who is still missing, and Lisa Pate, a woman who disappeared in 1999 and until now has not been mentioned during the investigation.
According to our friends at KATC, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office and Lafayette Police are searching property near the home of Brandon Scott Lavergne about a possible shallow gravesite. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says his office received a tip about a possible gravesite near St. Ann's Catholic Church.