A suspect is in custody following a manhunt that began early Wednesday morning in connection with a brutal murder in the north end of Jasper County.
Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said that shortly after the incident was reported, officers who arrived at the scene of a home on County Road 209, also known as Circle Drive, located east of Highway 96 in the Browndell Area, obtained information about the death of the elderly woman and also her alleged killer.
Newman said that officers immediately began to search the area for the suspect and also called on Sheriff Sam Craft of the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Department in Leesville to bring dogs and officers to the scene to assist.
Shortly after 6:00, Sheriff Newman said officers located the suspect, who has been identified as Onterrio Deshun Brooks, 37, of Brookeland, and took him into custody near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1007 and Highway 96. Officers said that upon the time of his arrest, Brooks was nude with the exception of a piece of plastic that he had apparently wrapped around his waist.
Chief Deputy Scotty Duncan has confirmed that Brooks is the grandson of the deceased, who has now also been identified as Annette Seastrunk, of Browndell. However, they have not released the alleged motive or reason behind the crime, but those close to the investigation have said that drugs might be involved.
Officers said Seastrunk, who would have been 85 years old on Thursday, had been stabbed and cut numerous time with a knife.
Seastrunk was pronounced dead at the scene by Jasper County Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace Brett Holloway, who has ordered that an autopsy be performed.
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