On the evening of Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 80-year-old Catherine Roy was fatally shot in her home on Pecan Lane in Jarreau, Louisiana. Law enforcement reports say she was killed by her 78-year-old husband, Clyde Roy Sr., who also shot another man who was present in the trailer; that man was taken to a Baton Rouge hospital for treatment and his condition was not immediately released.

Clyde Roy Sr. was arrested and booked into the Pointe Coupee Parish Detention Center on one count of second-degree murder in connection with Catherine’s death and one count of attempted second-degree murder for the other shooting. The motive and the events that led up to the violence were under investigation as the case moved into the legal process.

If anyone has information about what happened at the Roy home on February 8, please share it with the Pointe Coupee Sheriff’s Office.