By JIM BUTLER
From the homicide desk:
Jarvis White, 29, wanted for 2nd-degree murder in an early Easter morning shooting, turned himself in Tuesday. His bond is set at $1.1 million.
He had been at-large since the killing of Jesse Tatum III, 49, in a 3 a.m. incident.
White’s brother Shaheem, 20, was captured last week in North Carolina and is awaiting extradition.
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Michael Taylor, 38, of Ball and Jessica Bledsoe, 29, of Alexandria are charged with murder 2nd degree in the death of James Ingram, 68, of Colfax on Easter night. They allegedly administered narcotics to Ingram in Alexandria that resulted in his death and then allegedly drove in his car to a forest area in Grant Parish where the body was dumped.
Subsequently, it is alleged, Bledsoe and a third suspect returned to the site and burned the corpse.
After being charged in Grant, they were transferred Tuesday to Rapides to face the murder count.
