A Louisiana mom pretended to be her daughter to save her kid from killers. She was shot to death by the killers hired by her brother.
According to reports, the prime suspect in the crime is the Louisiana mom's brother, who was accused of sexually abusing his niece.
34-year-old Brittany Cormier was found dead in her home in Montegut, Louisiana. Her friend Hope Nettleton was visiting Brittany when the killers came. The two were both shot and found dead by authorities.
Reports say that Nettleton even tried to fight the gunmen before being shot to death.
The prime suspect
The investigators to the horrible crime focused on Beaux Cormier, the Louisiana mom's brother. That is because the convicted sex offender was accused of raping his niece, the daughter of Brittany.
The solid rape case against Beaux led the police to believe that he had a motive for the crime.
The Terreborn Parish Sheriff also accused Beaux of hiring someone to kill his niece.
According to the authorities, Beaux even became part of the surveillance during the first attempt to kill the girl.
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Mom pretends to be her daughter to save her child
According to Terreborn Parish Sheriff Timothy Soignet, the killers carried out their plan last January 13. That is when the Louisiana mom pretended to be her daughter to save her kid.
The hired killers were supposed to kill Beaux's niece. However, Brittany asked her daughter and stepdaughter to hide in a closet. The Louisiana mom even pretended to be the daughter. Soignet told in a press release, "Brittany Cormier was murdered as a result of telling the shooter she was, in fact, the rape victim, likely saving the life of the actual rape victim."
Friends of Brittany shared in an interview that the 34-year-old mother is willing to do anything for her daughter. Friends think that she locked the girls in the closet to protect them.
Her friend even said, "But to this extent? I would have never thought it would ever have come down to this."
The killers are in police custody
The New York Post reported that the two killers who Beaux hired confessed to the crime.
Andrew Eskine, 25 years old, and Dalvin Wilson, 22 years old, are now held on a bond worth 2 million US dollars. They have also been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
The District Attorney handling the case, Joe Waitz Jr., said in an interview, "The death penalty is definitely on the table."
Beaux Cormier, the mastermind of the crime, is already a convicted sex offender. He is facing charges of third-degree rape.
