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Louisiana man charged with murder in stabbing deaths of his son, sister and nephew

January 11, 2025
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AMITE, La. (AP) โ€” A Louisiana man who was arrested for the fatal stabbings of a woman and two children was being treated for schizophrenia and started hearing voices the day before, a relative said.

The 30-year-old Amite man was arrested on three counts of first-degree murder after the Thursday killings. Family members identified the victims as the suspect's son, 1-year-old Hayden Madison; his sister, 40-year-old Rhonda Powell; and Powell's son, 10-year-old Braylon Powell.

The suspect remained jailed in St. Helena Parish on Saturday, and a sheriffโ€™s dispatcher said she did not know whether he had seen a judge or had a lawyer.

The parish Sheriffโ€™s Office said all three were dead when deputies arrived.

The suspect and his son were living with Powell according to cousin Deondra Robertson-Warner, who told WBRZ-TV that the day before the stabbings, relatives took him to a hospital after he started hearing voices.

However, the hospital gave him a different kind of medication than he normally gets, Robertson-Warner said, and refused to commit him to inpatient psychiatric treatment despite requests by relatives who said he was acting aggressively.

โ€œNo one in that home survived because the mental health system failed him,โ€ Robertson-Warner told WAFB-TV. โ€œHad he been committed, he would be where he needed to be today, and my other family members would be alive.โ€

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