What would you do if someone killed your sniper partner?
When Wayne Newman shot my sniper partner he ended a thirty-eight year streak wherein no Chateau Parish deputy had fallen in the line of duty. The vast majority of the parish’s 150,000 citizens were in agreement when it came to the fate of Newman. In fact, it seemed the only person not in agreement was District Attorney Allen Eddy.
I pushed through the door of the squad room. Four patrolmen sat at a round table. They didn’t even notice me. They were fixated on the television that blared in the corner of the room.
“Closing arguments begin tomorrow,” the anchorwoman said, “in the trial of the man accused of killing Chateau Parish Sheriff’s Office Sniper Jed Taylor early last year. Joining us now is the District Attorney for...”
“Turn that garbage off,” I said. Before the last word spat from my mouth the television went black.
"We walked in on a surreal scene. There are few words, if any, to accurately describe the abject horror..."
What Jeannie and Kevin McDonough saw was a wanted, multi-state serial killer about to take his next victim - their own daughter. W
