Yesterday a grand jury indicted a teen on two counts of rape in the Madison Brooks case and the court has released his name.
Court documents show 17 YO Desmond Carter of Walker has been formally charged with the first-degree rape and third-degree rape of Brooks on Jan. 15. The grand jury chose not to indict Carter on a charge of kidnapping.
Deputies arrested the four suspects in connection with an incident that eventually led to the LSU student being hit and killed by a vehicle in Baton Rouge. 18 YO Kaivon Washington of Walker was charged with third-degree rape. 28 YO Everette Lee of Pine Grove, and 18 YO Casen Carver of Denham Springs were both charged with principal to third-degree rape.
According to Louisiana law third-degree rape charge generally involves a victim who is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act by reason of a stupor or abnormal condition of mind produced by an intoxicating agent or any cause and the offender knew or should have known of the victim’s incapacity.
Brooks was standing in a dark portion of Burbank Drive near Pelican Lakes Parkway around 3 a.m. on January 15 when she was hit by a vehicle driven by a ride-share driver. Brooks later died at a hospital.
