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ResolvedPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Orleans Parish, LA

State v. Fitzgerald

Closed after a jury verdict; the public file documents how the scene reconstruction was reconciled.

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Dim warehouse interior with tall shelving and cardboard boxes under a single lamp
Timeline
  1. 2021

    Charges filed following a grand jury indictment.

  2. 2022

    Pre-trial motions contest the forensic evidence.

  3. 2023

    Jury returns a verdict; the file is published in full.

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redlineLast month

Weather records for that night show heavy rain, which contradicts the footprint evidence described as well-defined in dry soil.

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chain_of_custody3 days ago

The withdrawal records show a cash pattern that stops the week before, not the week after. That reverses the assumed motive sequence.

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