On March 11, 2020, 36-year-old Joshua Roberts of Baton Rouge was found in the 700 block of Central Road with a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators identified two suspects: 30-year-old Keith Andre Brown and 24-year-old Chadwick Alexander. Brown fled the Baton Rouge area after the shooting; his girlfriend, Onishia Williams, was arrested and accused of accessory to first-degree murder after admitting she helped Brown escape to Texas. Williams has said she urged Brown to turn himself in. Brown was later captured in Houston by the U.S. Marshals Service and extradited back to Baton Rouge to face a first-degree murder charge.

As the case moved toward trial, the prosecution’s case against Chadwick Alexander depended heavily on Brown’s testimony. Brown invoked his Fifth Amendment right and refused to testify, and prosecutors subsequently dropped the second-degree murder and armed robbery charges against Alexander; he was released after nearly five years in jail awaiting trial.

If anyone knew Joshua Roberts or has information about the shooting on Central Road, please come forward to the authorities.