Carencro man who was convicted of murder in the child's death

A jury of the municipality of Lafayette condemned a murder man in Carencro and other charges in connection with the death of a seven -year -old girl in January 2023.

Daniel James Boudreax Jr., 51, was convicted this week.

The child, which is only identified by their initials by prosecutors, died of acute fentanyl toxicity. The police were called Tot He 400 Block of the Rue des Etoile, where they no longer reacted the child. After her death, an autopsy found her cause of death; The amount of fentanyl in her system was enough to kill an adult man, the prosecutors said.

The police initially booked Boudreax with negligent murder, but a Grand jury accused him of the second degree murder. The jury sentenced him to a young person for this indictment and the cruelty of the second degree and with the intention of distributing drugs.

A second -degree murder conviction has an mandatory life in prison with no advantage of probation, probation or liability. With the cruelty and drug accusation, it is up to 40 years. His conviction is set for September 8th.

The deputy district prosecutor Chase Edwards pursued the case together with Adas Stephen Williams and Holden Hoggatt. The public prosecutor's team comprised more than 20 members of the youth detectives of the Sheriff of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff, including Detective Nathanial Perry, Swat, investigation by the narcotics department and evidence for the administrators as well as forensic chemists from the Acadiana Crime Lab.