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SMPD Arrest Man Wanted for Attempted 2nd Degree Murde
St. Martinville Police arrested Paul Henery Demouchet Jr. this afternoon at a residence in St. Martinville on a warrant for attempted 2nd-degree murder.
Demouchet was located and attempted to flee, but was taken into custody.
Demouchet was wanted for stabbing another male on Saturday.
An officer was dispatched to a business located at 804 South Main Street that morning in reference to a stabbing that had occurred inside the business.
A male subject had been stabbed several times in his upper back area and in the head.
Demouchet was arrested on the following charge:
- 1 Count of RS14:27.30.1--ATTEMPTED 2ND DEGREE MURDER-- (FELONY)
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