On the evening of December 28, 2019, a tragic series of events unfolded near the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, culminating in the death of Aleysia Maynor. That night, at approximately 9:36 p.m., a 911 call was made by Dararius Evans, who reported that he had been shot by an individual known as 'Sneaks.'
Responding officers arrived at the scene to find a vehicle that had crashed into a ditch.
Inside the car, they discovered Evans bleeding from a wound and Aleysia Maynor, who was in the front passenger seat, bleeding from her neck. Maynor was pronounced deceased at the scene, while Evans was transported to a hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The investigation into the double homicide led the St. Gabriel Police Department to identify Jaylon K. Brown as the suspect, also known by the nickname 'Sneaks.' During questioning, Brown denied his involvement in the shooting but did admit to having met with both Maynor and Evans. Following a grand jury indictment on two counts of second-degree murder, Brown pleaded not guilty.
A jury trial ensued, which resulted in a guilty verdict for the second-degree murder of one victim and a responsive verdict of guilty of manslaughter for the other. For the second-degree murder conviction, Jaylon K. Brown was sentenced to life in prison at hard labor without the possibility of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. He received a concurrent sentence of forty years at hard labor for the manslaughter conviction. Brown's subsequent appeal of the convictions and sentences was affirmed.
