Whitney Durant

Death by Force

Whitney Lane Martinez Durant, a 33-year-old woman from Alexandria, Louisiana, was found shot to death on September 13, 2019, inside a residence on Pride-Port Hudson Road in Pride, Louisiana. The investigation revealed that Durant, along with two men, had been using drugs together the previous evening. One of the men, Steven Francisco Ortiz-Morales, allegedly became paranoid and shot Durant. Ortiz-Morales, a resident of Pineville, Louisiana, was charged with Second Degree Murder and Obstruction o ...Read More

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