Cassie Lace Picquet, 39, was found shot and unresponsive on the ground in the 8600 block of Castle Court in New Orleans late on November 7, 2023. Emergency medical personnel were called and she was later pronounced dead; the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office recorded the cause of death as gunshot-related injuries on November 10, 2023.

Known to family as Cat, Picquet was a mother of three — Elton Jr., Essence, and Ethan Ragas — and a grandmother. She was born May 17, 1984, in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, and lived in New Orleans at the time of her death.

Homicide detectives identified Carl Wilson as the suspect and obtained a warrant for second-degree murder. On November 17, 2023, the NOPD Violent Offender Warrant Squad and the U.S. Marshals arrested Wilson in the 3600 block of Coliseum Drive and he was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.

If anyone knew Cassie or has information about what happened on Castle Court the night she was killed, please come forward.