Murder gay bar louisiana

Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Robert LeCompte was found dead on Christmas morning at the bar he worked at alongside a strange note. On Christmas Evebar manager Robert LeCompte39, a well-liked figure in the bar, prepared to gay up following a staff party that coincided with his birthday.

But LeCompte never arrived. Inside the bar, they found LeCompte lying in a pool of blood, dead. LeCompte had been stabbed multiple times around his neck. Though the stabbing suggested a personal crime of passion, empty bank bags on the floor also raised the murder of a robbery. Two hours into the investigation a shocking discovery of a note scrawled on a napkin was made, reported Vanity Fair.

Was the motive for murder revenge? Investigators re-interviewed Chestnut for information about the unidentified man the witness had mentioned. Rod Demery, a retired homicide detective. Dante Young had performed at the club. Jorell Young was a barback. Dante was incarcerated at the time of the murder, which ruled him out as a suspect.

Investigators tracked down Jorell, who said he was at Drama Club on Christmas Eve and that he had gone into louisiana restroom before leaving the bar. He stopped at a minimart to get gas afterward. The case hit a pause, and over the next few months went cold. But on April 1,a game-changing call came in.

Her boyfriend, Jorell Young, had told her that he committed the crime, she claimed. According to Baker, Jorell came home on Christmas around 7 a.

‘I Had To Kill Somebody': Louisiana Man Stabs Beloved LGBTQ Bar Manager To Death

I did it for us. Baker shared a daughter with Jorell and was afraid to come forward sooner, authorities said. Baker revealed that he told her he used a screwdriver as a weapon and tossed it somewhere along Rt. The tool was never recovered. She hid it and kept it instead and eventually handed it over to police. District Attorney for Terrebonne Parish.

Jorell Young was arrested for murder and robbery. Authorities took as a sign that he had manufactured the note found under the body to cover his tracks. On November 13,Jorell Young, then 26, was convicted of first-degree murder, reported wdsu.