Unidentified victim may have parish ties

On January 4, 1993, a timber marking crew discovered the skeletal remains of a black male south of Merryville, in Beauregard Parish. The initial autopsy results conducted by the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office, in Lake Charles, indicated that the unidentified victim died of multiple gunshot wounds. The body was badly decomposed and may have been dead several weeks. When discovered the victi...