In the early morning hours of December 6, 2015, in Raceland, Louisiana, a festive house party on Market Street turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 20-year-old Travon Folse. An African American male, Folse was caught in a spray of bullets that also left three other men wounded. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the abdomen and died at a local hospital.
The investigation into the shooting led Lafourche Parish sheriff's detectives to two suspects from Houma.
On December 29, 2015, authorities arrested 23-year-old Jordan Williams and 21-year-old Kendell Thibodeaux Jr. in connection with the incident. Thibodeaux had been in custody on a parole violation since December 18 of that year. He faced a charge of second-degree murder in Folse's death, while both he and Williams were charged with attempted murder for the injuries sustained by the other three victims.
Following the arrests, the legal proceedings against Thibodeaux and Williams unfolded. However, publicly available information does not detail the specific outcomes of their trials, including any convictions or sentencing in relation to the death of Travon Folse and the injuries to the other victims. The trail of information regarding the resolution of the charges against the two men goes cold, leaving the final chapter of this tragic story unwritten in the public record.
