On September 1, 2019, 36-year-old Jody Arcediano was found dead inside a room at the Microtel Inn and Suites on Plaza Americana Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Authorities responded around 11:15 a.m. for a reported shooting and discovered Arcediano with multiple gunshot wounds. The death was investigated as a homicide.

Investigators say the killing followed a planned robbery. Police allege two women from Denham Springs, Brandy Verrett, 37, and Rachel Day, 29, lured Arcediano to the hotel so a third person could rob him. Authorities identified 40-year-old Peter Hinkle of Ethel as the gunman. Verrett and Day were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery; a tip led to Hinkle’s arrest on the same charges.