A welfare check in Lafayette led officers to an apartment on South College Road where three people were found shot to death on April 12, 2024. One of the victims was 45-year-old Brandon Touchet, who had been reported missing by his family the previous Wednesday. The other victims were 49-year-old Eric Green and 46-year-old Elizabeth Reames, in whose apartment the bodies were discovered.

Investigators identified 42-year-old Chad Credeur of Duson as the primary suspect; Touchet’s family says Credeur was the last person seen with him. Credeur had an earlier pending attempted murder case and a bench warrant after failing to appear at that trial. He was arrested on unrelated drug charges in Jeff Davis Parish, and the vehicle he had been driving contained a firearm, ammunition and personal items and IDs belonging to Touchet, Green and Reames. Credeur was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and, after a competency evaluation, found fit to stand trial, which was scheduled for fall 2025. No motive has been disclosed publicly.

If anyone knew Brandon Touchet or saw him in Lafayette in the days before April 12, 2024, please share information that could help the case.