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| 5693 | 2012-03-08 | Troop F | ***UPDATE 11:00 pm*** State Police Investigate Separate Homicides | |
| LOUISIANA STATE POLICE COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent News Release March 8, 2012 11:00 pm
Update: At this hour, Louisiana State Police, Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office and Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office are actively pursuing a person-of-interest in the weekend murder of a Tensas Parish bartender. Joshua Lee Temple is a 28 year old white male from Winnsboro. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 280 pounds, has blue eyes, possibly a shaved head and may have some facial hair. He is currently being pursued, on foot, in a wooded area near the Winnsboro WalMart. He is believed to be armed and dangerous. If anyone should have any information regarding Temple’s location, they are asked to contact the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office at 318-435-4505 immediately. Louisiana State Police Detectives and Crime Lab Unit investigated two unrelated homicides within hours of each other yesterday in East Carroll and Tensas Parishes. The first homicide occurred in Tensas Parish and is a joint investigation between Louisiana State Police and the Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office. Twenty-two (22) year old Colby Joe Fortenberry of Winnsboro, Louisiana, was discovered murdered in the “Hwy 4 Bar” in Newellton where he was employed as a bartender. There is no suspect information at this time. Anyone having information regarding this murder is asked to contact the Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office at (318) 766-3961. The second homicide occurred in East Carroll Parish and is a joint investigation between Louisiana State Police and the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office. At approximately 3:30 pm yesterday, 40 year old Tallulah resident William D. Kirk Jr. was murdered at a Sondheimer residence. Tanya Kirk (36 years old of Newellton) and William Kirk Jr. were married, but physically separated. Yesterday, Tanya Kirk and her boyfriend, Robert W. Russell (26 years old of Newellton), traveled to a Henderson Loop Road residence in Sondheimer where they had conspired to murder the unsuspecting William Kirk Jr. The murder occurred in the back yard of the residence. William Kirk Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene. Both Tanya Kirk and Robert Russell were each arrested on one count of 2nd Degree Murder and booked into Riverbend Detention Center. The investigation is on-going. Contact Information: Lt. Julie Lewis Louisiana State Police Public Affairs – Executive Officer Julie.Lewis@dps.la.gov Office: (318) 345-2810 www.LSP.org | ||||
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