HAPPENING TODAY: Search for alleged truck thief in Lake Pontchartrain; murder ... - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
Murder trial begins Friday for man accused of killing 12-year-old Talaija Dorsey. The man accused of killing a 12-year-old girl and dumping her body in a Vacherie sugarcane field is scheduled to go on trial Friday. The 12-year-old’s body was found at the edge of a sugarcane field on July 6, 2014. She had been missing since July 1, when a friend stopped by her home to go to summer camp with her. Driver in stolen car jumps off Causeway Bridge, search underway. A man driving a stolen car jumped off the Causeway Bridge Thursday night, prompting a massive search in Lake Pontchartrain, according to the United States Coast Guard. Officials say that a man exited a reportedly stolen vehicle and jumped into the lake. Causeway officials say that the man saw an officer's flashing lights near a detour and turned around. As a patrol car followed the vehicle, officials say he exited his vehicle and jumped into the lake. Causeway Police and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office are assisting the Coast Guard in the search. Coast Guard officials have boats and helicopters deployed in the search for the missing man. Source: www.fox8live.com
