Authorities have arrested three people, two brothers and an acquaintance, in the murder of an elderly Zachary woman who was found by her husband bound and shot to death in her home on March 21st. Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says one of the suspects, 24-year-old Adrian Curtis, provided a confession.
“Curtis told detectives that Donevan Brown drove him and his brother to the victim’s residence where they all forcibly entered the home and killed her,” said Gautreaux. “He said his brother stole two guns and shot Schultz in the head.”
Gautreaux says 74-year-old Frances Jane Schultz had her arms and legs bound by duct tape and duct tape was over her eyes and mouth. She was shot multiple times. The sheriff says one of the suspect’s worked on the couple property’s property bailing hay.
“We knew from the get go that this was not some random home invasion,” said Gautreaux.
Adrian Curtis, his brother Courtland, and 22-year-old Donevan Brown were also arrested and charged with first-degree murder. They were arrested in East Feliciana Parish. Gautreaux says they began looking for Adrian Courtland, because his name was on a piece of paper inside the home.
“It was written down on the night of the murder,” said Gautreaux.
Schultz’s husband found her wife murdered after he came home from a funeral.
