Louisiana woman stabbed to death on Facebook Live after ‘drug binge’: cops

A Louisiana girl was stabbed to dying on a Fb Dwell video after her killer allegedly tied her palms to a automobile steering wheel utilizing jumper cables, cops and experiences mentioned Tuesday.

Earl Lee Johnson Jr., 35, was arrested for the homicide of Janice David, 34, who was discovered overwhelmed and fatally stabbed in a automobile at 9:52 p.m. Monday, Baton Rouge Police Division mentioned.

The Fb Dwell session lasted about quarter-hour and got here after a 3 or four-day “drug binge,” Sgt. L’Jean McKneely advised reporters Tuesday.

“Apparently they have been concerned in some drug utilization collectively for a few days and the tip outcome — as everybody has seen on Fb Dwell — is a really ugly, very evil act,” McKneely mentioned.

Johnson allegedly choked, beat then stabbed David, cops mentioned. The suspect had additionally allegedly tied David’s palms to the automobile steering wheel with jumper cables, WBRZ reported.

Somebody reported the ugly footage to Fb, which notified police. Responding officers discovered the automobile deserted in a parking zone of an workplace constructing known as Sherwood Tower, experiences mentioned.

Johnson was arrested Monday on an unrelated automobile theft case, the place he was allegedly injured throughout a police pursuit. He admitted to the killing when questioned, the TV station mentioned. Johnson had been convicted of armed theft in 2007 and was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars, WRBZ mentioned.

David’s cousin Terri Austin known as the state of affairs “very horrible.”

“She didn’t need to die like this… nobody does,” Austin advised WAFB.

“I actually thought, you understand, once they say she died that it will have been a automobile wreck or one thing like that. Wouldn’t by no means dream that somebody would do that to her.”

With Put up wires