In the early hours of Thursday, May 26, 2011, the life of Donald Ray Lanieu, a 29-year-old Black or African American male from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area, was cut short. A lifelong resident of Sunshine, Louisiana, he departed this life at 1:30 a.m. The available online sources do not specify the cause or circumstances of his death.
Details regarding any potential criminal investigation, including information about suspects, arrests, charges, trials, or convictions related to Donald
Ray Lanieu's death are not available in the online sources that were found. Publicly accessible records and news reports do not indicate that his death was the result of a homicide or that any arrests were made in connection with the incident.
Donald Ray Lanieu, born on July 9, 1981, was a father and a member of a large extended family in the local community. His passing was noted in an obituary published in The Advocate, which announced funeral services to be held at Roscoe Mortuary in Plaquemine. He was laid to rest in the Rock Zion Cemetery. While his death was a loss to his family and community, the available information does not point to it being a criminal matter that resulted in an investigation or prosecution.
