DA Warren Montgomery reports that a Washington Parish jury indicted 21 YO Jo’Andre Dawson of Franklinton for second degree murder and obstruction of justice. Dawson is accused of fatally shooting 17 YO Ja’Quarius Taylor several times in the head near a large pond in the Angie area on Jan. 12 of this year. Dawson also is accused of tampering with several items of evidence following the shooting.
Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office Detective Corbet Hunt was the lead investigator. Assistant District Attorney David Weilbaecher presented the case to the grand jury. The defendant is currently being held at the Washington Parish jail on an $800,000 bond.
