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Brett Daigle

Case from Lake Charles, LA dated May 24, 2025

Victim Details

Brett Daigle

Male

White / Caucasian

Lake Charles

LA

2025-05-24

48

Brett

Daigle

07/13/2026

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In what should have been a routine child custody exchange, a 48-year-old man, Brett Daigle, lost his life in a burst of gunfire. The male victim, a resident of Cañon City, Colorado, had traveled to Lake Charles, Louisiana, for the arranged meeting. The events that unfolded on Saturday, May 24, 2025, tragically cut his life short, leaving a family devastated and a community in shock.

The fatal encounter occurred in the afternoon, at approximately 2:30 p.m., at a residence on South Perkins ...
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  • Law & Crime: Child custody exchange turns deadly as mom guns down her kid's dad in broad daylight: Cops
  • https://www.kplctv.com: Lake Charles woman arrested for murder in custody exchange-gone-wrong
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