On March 11, 2018, Frederick Wayne Patterson, 36, was shot and killed at a home on Braud Road in Prairieville, Louisiana.

A man identified as 35-year-old Cedric Emerson abruptly left a game of chess earlier that evening and returned armed. Deputies were alerted after reports of a man screaming in a nearby field; Emerson was located, taken to a hospital for evaluation, then transported to the sheriff’s office where he confessed to the killing. He was arrested and initially indicted on second-degree murder.

The case later proceeded through the courts and resolved by plea, resulting in a conviction on an amended manslaughter charge and a 40-year sentence. Does anyone have additional information about the events at the Braud Road residence that evening?