A man has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of a female over the weekend.
On December 17, 2023, at approximately 9:00 p.m., deputies with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in the 200 block of Boutte Road in Loreauville. Upon arrival, detectives discovered a female, identified as 43-year-old Latanya Hollins of Metairie, fatally stabbed inside the residence.
With assistance from the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office Real-time Crime Unit and AFIS Unit, Lafayette Police Department, 51-year-old Albert James III was located in Lafayette Parish. He was arrested and booked into the Iberia Parish Jail.
James was booked on the following:
LA RS 14:30.1 Second Degree Murder
LA RS 15:542B1 Failure to Register as Sex Offender
LA RS 14:67.26 Theft of a Motor Vehicle
LA RS 14:37 Domestic Abuse Battery – warrant
CCRP 349.1 Failure to Appear Warrant (x3)
A bond has not been set at this time.
