Kalin Cormier

Kalin Rachelle Cormier, a 39-year-old White woman from Cecilia, Louisiana, was a hardworking and meticulous mother and grandmother. Her family remembered her deep passion for her two daughters and her granddaughter. In her personal time, she enjoyed simple pleasures like watching Hallmark movies, cooking, and keeping a clean home. In the months before her death, she had begun attending Bible studies and found joy in the fellowship.

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, Kalin and one of her daughters were sitting in their car at a business in Henderson, Louisiana. Authorities reported that her daughter's boyfriend, Gage Quebedeaux, followed them to the location and fired several shots into the vehicle's windshield. Both women were struck by the gunfire. According to a family fundraiser, Kalin was shielding her daughter when she was shot. Kalin was rushed to Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, where she died from her injuries. Her daughter was also hospitalized for her wounds.

After the shooting, Quebedeaux fled the scene. His escape involved a carjacking in a Walmart parking lot in Eunice before he traveled to Hammond. When he returned to St. Martin Parish, sheriff's deputies located and arrested him at the Atchafalaya Welcome Center in Butte La Rose.

Quebedeaux was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. He was subsequently denied bond on the murder charge and held on a $1 million bond for the attempted murder charge.

The investigation into Kalin’s death uncovered a long history of alleged domestic abuse. Court records revealed that Quebedeaux had an active protective order against him, filed by Kalin's daughter in the summer of 2023. He had reportedly violated the order 16 times. Just days before the fatal shooting, on October 23, Kalin had called deputies with concerns that Quebedeaux was assaulting her daughter. This led to Quebedeaux's arrest for second-degree battery and violation of a protective order. At the time of the shooting, he was facing trial dates for multiple arrests, including 15 counts of violating a protective order, theft of a firearm, and domestic abuse battery.

In connection with the October 23 assault, Quebedeaux’s parents, Jason Quebedeaux and Tabatha Miller, were also arrested and charged with principal to second-degree battery. As of November 2023, Gage Quebedeaux remained in jail awaiting legal proceedings.