Brandon Scott Lavergne has asked a judge to void his guilty pleas in August on the two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate.
The psychological evaluation of Brandon Scott Lavergne was recently released by the court, and sheds some light of the past of the man who killed Micky Shunick and Lisa Pate.
As we've reported, Brandon Scott Lavergne has changed his plea in the cases of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate to guilty. Nathan Pike from our sister station KPEL was on the scene at the courthouse and talks to Bernadette Lee, recapping the details of what happened on the night of the two murders.
From KATC - Brandon Scott Lavergne pleaded not guilty this morning to charges of first-degree murder in the cases of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate. Chris Welty and Jenise Fernandez are on the scene. They will have more information as it becomes available...
A grand jury indicted Brandon Scott Lavergne on July 18th in the recent suspected death of Mickey Shunick and the 1999 death of Lisa Pate. Lafayette Parish District Attorney Mike Harson wants to try Mickey Shunick And Lisa Pate murders together.
Brandon Scott Lavergne was just indicted on two counts of first degree murder. One count was for Mickey Shunick. The other was for Lisa Pate of Youngsville, Louisiana, who went missing in June of 1999
From our sister station KPEL-FM: A grand jury has indicted Brandon Scott Lavergne on charges he kidnapped and murdered missing University of Louisiana at Lafayette student Mickey Shunick. But in a surprising development, the grand jury also indicted Lavergne on a separate first degree murder charge stemming from a case in July of 1999.