On the night of July 29–30, 2019, Clayton, Louisiana, suffered a double homicide. Megan Charlas McCoy, 43, and her 12-year-old son LaFrederick McCoy were found unresponsive on the kitchen floor of their Anderson Road home by Megan’s older son, DeMarcus McCoy; both had apparent gunshot wounds.

Investigation quickly focused on Megan’s husband and LaFrederick’s stepfather, Marvin Watson, who fled but later surrendered to authorities in Mississippi and was extradited to Louisiana. At trial Watson said he acted in self‑defense, testifying an argument led to a fight over an AR-15 that misfired, that he tripped and the rifle discharged, and that a subsequent stumble caused a pistol to fire in a bathroom.

Forensic and autopsy evidence contradicted that account, showing wounds consistent with shots fired from a downward angle and suggesting at least one shot struck LaFrederick while he was seated or bent behind a bathroom door. The jury rejected the self‑defense claim and found Watson guilty on two counts of first‑degree murder, receiving consecutive life terms at hard labor without parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Does anyone have information about the family, the Anderson Road neighborhood, or events that summer that could shed more light on what happened?