A welfare check at an apartment on South College Road in Lafayette on April 12, 2024, revealed a triple homicide. Inside, 49-year-old Dr. Eric Green, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette psychology professor and child therapist, was found shot to death alongside 45-year-old Brandon Touchet and 46-year-old Elizabeth Reames. All three victims had been fatally shot.

Investigators quickly identified 42-year-old Chad Credeur of Duson as a suspect. Credeur was an acquaintance of the three victims and was taken into custody in Jeff Davis Parish on unrelated charges; officers reportedly recovered personal items belonging to Green, Touchet, and Reames during his arrest. A warrant for three counts of first-degree murder was subsequently sought. Credeur has a prior arrest in 2020 for attempted murder and had been scheduled for trial the month before these killings but failed to appear. He was found competent to stand trial in the triple homicide case. The motive has not been released.

If anyone knew Dr. Eric Green, Brandon Touchet, or Elizabeth Reames or has information about contacts with Chad Credeur, please share what is known with Lafayette authorities.