An autopsy was scheduled on Monday in New Orleans to confirm that the body in a car that was pulled from the Bayou St. Johns on Saturday afternoon was that of Terrilyn Monette, an elementary school teacher missing for nearly 100 days
Akein Scott, a 19-year-old man with reputed gang ties was in custody Thursday with the New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded, news reports said. Scott was arrested Wednesday night in eastern New Orleans' Little Woods section after a three-day manhunt.
Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19.
Second-grade teacher Terrilynn Monette, who joined the "TeachNOLA" program, which sends educators from around the country to New Orleans to teach in troubled and impoverished areas, has been missing since celebrating with her friends at a bar on March 2.
