On the early morning of February 6, 2019, a scream and gunfire brought deputies to a home on West 17th Street in Reserve, Louisiana. Outside the residence, 47-year-old Rechelle Hotard was found with multiple gunshot wounds to her abdomen and was pronounced dead at the scene, leaving family and neighbors shaken.

Within 12 hours investigators arrested 15-year-old Orlando Sanders Jr. Surveillance video and neighbors who said they saw him running from the area helped identify him; neighbors also said Sanders and Hotard were acquainted and that Sanders had a reputation for vandalism and theft. He was initially charged with second-degree murder and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

In April 2023 a judge sentenced Sanders to 25 years with the Department of Corrections, with credit for 1,525 days already served since his arrest. If anyone knew Rechelle Hotard or has information about the shooting, please come forward to share what you remember.