On April 25, 2023, Latonya Brown, 47, and her 19-year-old child, Stacy Brown, were fatally shot inside their apartment on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard in Baton Rouge. Police discovered their bodies the evening of April 26 after the shootings the previous day. Initial inquiries produced few leads and the motive was not publicly known.

A major development came on July 12, 2023, when the Baton Rouge Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested 33-year-old Erin Hartley. Hartley was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on two counts of first-degree murder, illegal use of a weapon, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The case remains focused on how and why Latonya and Stacy Brown were killed.

Does anyone have information about the Browns, their apartment on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard, or the events of April 25 that could help investigators?