Tammy Duplechin Smith

Death by Force

Tammy Duplechin Smith, a 37-year-old African American woman, was tragically murdered on October 29, 1997, in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. Born on November 25, 1959, in Lafayette, Louisiana, she was the daughter of Lloyd Duplechain and Lucy Batiste, and the wife of Ricky Smith. Her untimely death was part of a series of violent crimes committed by John Peter Malveaux, a serial killer and rapist responsible for multiple murders in the Opelousas area between 1996 and 1997.

On the night of ...Read More