On a Sunday in March 2015 a maroon Ford F-250 parked about 300 yards off Highway 157 in a Bossier Parish pasture led to a homicide investigation. The landowner found the truck and deputies discovered the body of 33-year-old Amanda Collins of Elm Grove inside. Investigators determined Collins, described as White/Caucasian, died of a single gunshot wound and the truck was later identified as stolen from Mississippi.

Police pieced together Collins’s movements through surveillance and witness accounts. She was seen with 34-year-old Nathaniel Allen Mingo of Shreveport at the El Dorado casino in the early morning hours of March 15, 2015; footage captured a verbal altercation in an elevator and Collins later appeared crying. After leaving the casino an argument escalated and Collins was fatally shot. Detectives quickly identified Mingo as the primary suspect, obtained an arrest warrant, and arrested him the next day in west Shreveport. He was charged with second-degree murder and held on a two-million-dollar bond.

If anyone knew Amanda, saw her that weekend, or has information about the events around Highway 157, please share what is known.