The remains of 26-year-old Robert Lee Hampton, a Black man who lived in Bay City, Texas and had family in Gonzales, Louisiana, were found in a sugarcane field in Convent on January 28, 2023. He had been reported missing by relatives in Ascension Parish after last being seen or heard from on January 19, 2023. A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent discovered his body, and investigators determined Hampton had been shot multiple times at the scene.

Hampton’s black 4-door Dodge Charger, identified as his vehicle, was found burned in Ascension Parish on the same day he was last seen. The St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office is treating the death as a homicide and is working with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. Authorities have offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment; no suspects have been publicly named and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone has information about Hampton, his movements around January 19, 2023, or the burned Charger, please come forward to investigators.