By JIM BUTLER

Brandy Hanks termed her relationship with Richard Dauzart complicated. It became fatal, investigators say.

Investigators say Dauzart shot and killed the 41-year-old Hanks in the wee hours of the morning of Sunday, Sept. 10.

He fled the Brown’s Bend Road dwelling they shared and was captured Tuesday at a hideout in Deville.

The alleged killer is charged with murder 2 and obstruction of justice by evidence tampering.

His rap sheet is indicative of a tumultuous life, with or without Hanks, who had his “R” tattooed on her arm.

At the time of the shooting Dauzart was on bond from a January arrest on several drug and firearms charges.

Hanks was charged with contempt of court at the same time.

Dauzart had been nabbed by a swat sweep of his residence. He was found attempting to evade capture under a trailer.

He allegedly had on site considerable meth, fentanyl, marijuana and Gabapentin, as well as an assault-style rifle.

Prior to that case Dauzart was most prominently in the news when in November 2019, on the first day of his trial on a kidnapping and attempted rape charge, a mistrial was declared when his attorney revealed existence of a video allegedly of sex between Dauzart and the alleged victim. Dauzart was cited for contempt when he failed to show for the court date.

Alleged violence is a recurring part of Dauzart’s record. It has often involved a female victim.

That record of alleged offenses in Rapides:

February 2018 —Domestic abuse battery, simple strangle domestic abuse battery strangulation, sexual battery, attempted 1st degree rape;

October 2020 — Obscenity, domestic abuse battery, contempt;

June 2021 —Obscenity, domestic abuse battery, possession CDS II, contempt six counts;

September 2021 — Aggravated battery domestic abuse, false imprisonment armed with dangerous weapon;

November 2022 — Aggravated assault domestic battery, criminal damage.

Hanks was charged with a probation violation on February 2019, indicating a prior offense not in records immediately available.

She allegedly violated again in June and was charged with contempt.

She had a probation violation alleged again in November 2020 and a paraphernalia charge the following June.

Contempt charges were filed in September 2022 and January 2023 bookings.