ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man accused in the deaths of three people in October 2017 has a new trial date.
Matthew Sonnier, 32, of Alexandria, has been indicted on three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jeremy Deon Norris, 28; Kendrick Dwann Horn, 33; and Latish Renee White, 42. He also faces two counts of obstruction of justice from a separate indictment related to the case. If convicted, he faces the death penalty.
White’s body was found lying on a street in Pineville early Oct. 18, 2017. She had been stabbed multiple times and thrown from a car, The Town Talk reported. The bodies of Norris and Horn were found hours later after a passing motorist alerted officials about a fire in a ditch outside of Alexandria, the newspaper reported. Their bodies were found wrapped in a pool liner in the fire.
The arrests of Sonnier and his sister, 34-year-old Ebony Nicole Sonnier, were announced the next week.
Ebony Sonnier faces a separate trial in August on three counts of first-degree murder and being an accessory after the fact. Like her brother, she faces two counts of obstruction of justice in a separate indictment.
The siblings have been in custody since their arrests. It was unknown if either has an attorney who could speak for them.
Sonnier’s trial had been set for Feb. 22, but a Louisiana Supreme Court order pushed all jury trials back to at least after March 1 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sonnier’s new trial date is Sept. 13.
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