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The countdown to finding a missing person begins the moment someone concerned for his or her well-being alerts law enforcement. Investigators are essentially working against the clock, as with each passing hour decreases the likelihood that the subject will be found, according to criminology experts interviewed by ABC News.
A popular program that supports conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the country has expired after Congress couldn't agree on language to extend it. Lawmakers from both parties back the Land and Water Conservation Fund, but the program lapsed Monday amid a dispute over whether its renewal should be part of a broader package of land-use bills.
Testimony began Thursday afternoon in Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope's felony trial, with two of Pope's deputies testifying that they were on the clock when the joined the marshal in the press conference central to his indictment. Phil Conrad and Rodney LeBlanc, chief deputy marshal and deputy marshal, respectively, testified that they were first told that the press conference would be an endorsement for Scott Police Chief Chad Leger's campaign for sheriff.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, left, welcomes Gov. John Bel Edwards to the stage Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, left, welcomes Gov. John Bel Edwards to the stage Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La.
Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, left, and 3rd District congressional candidate Josh Guillory speak to media Monday, June 25, 2018, at the Petroleum Club in Lafayette, La. Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, left, and 3rd District congressional candidate Josh Guillory speak to media Monday, June 25, 2018, at the Petroleum Club in Lafayette, La.
Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La. Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La.
Here is something you don't see every day; the truth about the horrors of communism and the evil Cuban dictatorship being told on an American college campus. Though most consider communism to be a thing of the past, speakers from "Castro's Legacy and the Future of Cuba," a luncheon panel that was open to all University students on Wednesday in the LSU Student Union, pushed this idea aside.
Gerald Faulk casts his ballot during early voting Monday, November 28, 2016, at the Lafayette Parish Government Building in Lafayette, La. Early voting for the Dec. 10 runoff elections began Saturday and will continue through Saturday, Dec. 3. John Kennedy and Foster Campbell are the two candidates vying for a U.S. Senate seat while Scott Angelle and Clay Higgins are in a runoff in Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District.
The Bureau has an office in Lafayette which is made up of agents, analysts, support staff, and local law enforcement officers who were assigned to the office. The agents also provide support and expertise in times of crises, such as the 2015 Grand Theatre shooting, the 2014 bomb threat in Girard Park and at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the 2012 disappearance and murder of Mickey Shunick.
For a state accustomed to explosive sex scandals, the one dominating a U.S. Senate race here simmered for a long time before boiling over into public view last week. In a new book, " Murder in the Bayou ," author Ethan Brown cites multiple anonymous sources who claim that Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., a top Republican candidate for the Senate race, had been the client of three prostitutes who were later murdered.