On the evening of February 13, 2025, 41-year-old Gerard Nicholas Richard of Baton Rouge was found dead on the Huey P. Long Bridge. His body was wrapped in a blanket, with his wrists bound by rope and tape; investigators determined he had been run over by multiple vehicles and treated the death as a homicide.

Investigators traced a trail of blood and bleach from a Baker apartment complex parking lot to an apartment belonging to Richard’s 36-year-old girlfriend, Coshelia Conley. Security footage shows Coshelia, her 17-year-old son Da’Sean Conley, and her mother Cathy Conley carrying trash bags that appeared to contain bloodied clothing about 30 minutes before Richard’s body was discovered. Authorities say a vehicle linked to the suspects was deliberately set on fire, and a vehicle driven by Coshelia contained a gas can, bleach-soaked towels, and what appeared to be blood.

Police allege an altercation began between Da’Sean and Richard, that 33-year-old Darius Conley held Richard at gunpoint with an assault rifle, and that Richard was forced into a vehicle, shot, and then unsuccessfully thrown from the bridge.

Did anyone in the Baton Rouge or Baker area know Gerard or have information about his movements on February 13?