Thirty-one-year-old Louis Foret of Morgan City has received a life sentence after admitting to fatally shooting a Thibodaux man multiple times two years ago. Lafourche Parish District Attorney spokesperson David Melancon says Foret entered the guilty plea as his trial was set to begin.
“He decided that he was doing what he feels is the right thing to do,” said Melancon. “Highly unusual, but it’s his constitutional right, so we took no position on it, because we can’t prevent him from pleading guilty.”
Melancon says Foret killed his friend Chance Benoit at his home on a February night in 2021. Investigators determined Foret and Benoit were talking inside Benoit’s home when Foret began assaulting the victim and as the attack progressed, Foret shot him.
“Even at that time of the incident, he had the wherewithal to pick up the phone, because the victim had dialed 9-1-1 and make a statement that it was an accident and then he hung up the phone,” said Melancon.
Second degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.
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