A jury on Thursday found a Livingston Parish man guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a Maurepas teen whose skull was repeatedly bludgeoned with a hammer after having ...

That year, Cowart, who was 22 at the time, was charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile in Livingston Parish for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl.

A Livingston Parish man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the 2018 drug-fueled murder of Maurepas teenager Emily Rodgers. John Cowart, 37, was convicted of second-degree murder at trial ...

All three suspects remain in custody at the Livingston Parish Detention Center, according to online booking records. Cowart and Williford are being held on $325,000 bail. Scivicque's bail is set ...

MAUREPAS, LA (WAFB) - One of three men accused in the beating death of a teenage girl has been found guilty by a Livingston Parish jury. On Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, John Cowart, 36, of Maurepas ...

In a series of interviews recorded by detectives, John Cowart went from vehemently denying any knowledge of Emily Rodgers’ disappearance to eventually leading police to her brush-covered body on the ...

The 21st Judicial District reported a Livingston Parish grand jury indicted John Cowart, 36, and Justin Scivicque, 33, both of Maurepas, in the death of Emily Rodgers, 19, also of Maurepas ...

Livingston Parish Sheriff's deputies discovered a woman's body near Maurepas on Tuesday and have arrested three men in connection with the case — one accused of killing her ... John Cowart, 35 ...

Two people were indicted in the murder of a teenage girl found dead in the woods around Maurepas in February, said Livingston Parish District Attorney Scott Perrilloux. Perrilloux said in a press ...