Murder Suspect Mistakenly Freed From Jail In Louisiana Found In Stockton
ST. JOSEPH, La. (AP) -- California authorities have arrested an Abbeville man who had been mistakenly released from a Louisiana jail while awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge.
An FBI news release says 24-year-old Derrick Mitchell was arrested Thursday in Stockton, California, about 50 miles south of Sacramento. The Advocate reports he's accused in the Dec. 20, 2012, killing of 25-year-old Darrell Broussard Jr. in Abbeville. Mitchell is accused of forcing his way into Broussard's home and shooting him several times in the head.
KATC-TV reports Tensas Parish jailers released Mitchell on March 1 after he completed an unrelated sentence for drug and battery charges.
Detective Leland Laseter of the Abbeville Police Department says the new facility was unaware of the murder charge.