Convicted murderer THOMAS SANDERS
A grand jury in Catahoula Parish hands down a first-degree murder indictment against a man who killed a 12-year-old girl back in 2010. Thomas Sanders was previously convicted in federal court for the death of Lexis Roberts. He was sentenced to death; but Brad Burget, the district attorney in Catahoula and Concordia parishes, says that sentence was commuted to life in prison in December by then-President Joe Biden.
“Certainly, President Biden had the power to do so, but I think he abused his authority by commuting the sentence of a child killer. Therefore, we empaneled a grand jury in Catahoula Parish on Monday. That grand jury indicted Mr. Thomas Sanders in first-degree murder of that child,” Burget said.
Sanders was in a relationship with Lexis’ mother, Suellen Roberts; and after the three had taken a trip to the Grand Canyon, Sanders shot Suellen to death. Burget says Sanders then drove Lexis to Louisiana and shot and stabbed her to death.
“The murder occurred in a very rural place north of Harrisonburg, Louisiana. Some hunters actually found Lexis’ body about a month after she was murdered,” Burget said.
So, with Sanders’ federal death sentence commuted, Burget says he will seek the death penalty against him on the state first-degree murder charge.
It usually takes about a year to get something to trial, and I expect maybe sometime in the calendar year of 2026 we’ll be able to try this matter,” Burget explained.
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