Ashley Nicole Nugent, 38, was found shot to death at a home on Tau Street in Belle Chasse in the early morning hours of June 29, 2025. Emergency medical services pronounced her dead at the scene after deputies responded to reports of a shooting around 5 a.m.

Deputies say they observed a vehicle leaving the area as they were responding and attempted a traffic stop; the driver fled, prompting a pursuit that ended near the Bonnet Carre Spillway on the Jefferson/St. Charles parish line. Authorities arrested 53-year-old Terrance McKinney of Duck Hill, Mississippi, at that location with assistance from the Louisiana State Police.

A Plaquemines Parish Grand Jury later returned an indictment; McKinney faces charges including Second Degree Murder, Aggravated Obstruction of a Highway of Commerce, and Aggravated Flight from an Officer Where Human Life is Endangered, with bond set by a judge. Does anyone have information about Ashley’s life in Belle Chasse or about the events on Tau Street that morning?