In the quiet streets of Lafayette, Louisiana, a grim discovery was made on the morning of October 11, 2017. The body of 41-year-old Billy Roy Jr., a male resident of the area, was found in the 100 block of Hobson Street. An investigation by the Lafayette Police Department soon revealed that Roy had been fatally shot. His date of birth was November 25, 1975.
The initial investigation into Roy's death led authorities to identify a person of interest.
More than two months after the shooting, on December 12, 2017, an arrest was made in connection with the case. With the coordinated efforts of the U.S. Marshal Service and the Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force, 41-year-old Larry Odell Lewis was apprehended in the Houston, Texas area. Following his arrest, Lewis was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Billy Roy Jr.
Despite the initial arrest and charge, publicly available information does not detail the outcome of the second-degree murder charge against Larry Odell Lewis in Lafayette Parish. However, in the years following his arrest for the alleged murder, Lewis faced significant legal troubles in Texas. In October 2023, he was convicted in a federal court in Houston on multiple counts of sex trafficking. The investigation in that case revealed he had used force and coercion to traffic four women in Houston and other areas, including in Louisiana. In May 2024, he was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for these crimes.
While the federal case against Lewis for sex trafficking reached a definitive conclusion, the resolution of the state-level murder charge for the death of Billy Roy Jr. in Lafayette remains unclear from available online sources.
