LA LA - Ella Goodie 33, I-10 W towards TX, Brandon Jermaine Francisco POI, Scott, 9 Mar 2022

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Brandon Francisco was transported back to Louisiana last night.

Extradition Order:
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From Vinelink:
BRANDON JERMAINE FRANCISCO
Custody Record
Age36
GenderMale
RaceBlack
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Ethnicity Non-Hispanic
Date of Birth Dec 06, 1985
ID Number497227
Custody Status Date Apr 06, 2022 09:19 PM CDT
Custody StatusIn Custody
Custody Detail Rapides Parish Detention Center
Book Date Apr 06, 2022 07:10 PM CDT

LOCATION
Rapides Parish Detention Center
400 B John Allison Dr.
Alexandria, LA 71303
(318) 473-6750
REPORTING AGENCY
Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office
700 Murray St.
Alexandria, LA 71301
(318) 473-6700
 
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Authorities are searching an area off I-10 in the hunt for a missing Scott woman.

Law enforcement officials are using helicopters, dogs, and other tools to scour a a 50-square-mile block near I-10 and US 165.

State Trooper Derek Senegal said the last known coordinates from a cell phone led officials to search the area for Ella Goodie.

Police searching area off I-10 in hunt for missing Scott woman
 
About 50-100 local and state law enforcement officers began combing a 50-square-mile area around U.S. 165 in Iowa on Monday based on information received by Louisiana State Police. The search was expanded to areas along Interstate 10 in the Lacassine area on Tuesday.

The officers, along with search dog teams from Louisiana, Florida and Alabama, combed through tall grass and thick woods along U.S. 165 and Interstate 10 looking for any clue connected to the disappearance of 33-year-old Ella Goodie. Boats and dive teams were used to search nearby ponds and canals while helicopters assisted from the air.

More at Multi-agency search underway for missing Lyft driver - American Press
 
There is a public facebook group for Ella. It falls under the approved rules of WS - Public Group and Admins are Ella's family memebers.https://www.facebook.com/groups/666321557963996

Ella was such a beautiful person, senseless loss. I was shocked when I read about BF and his priors, shame he didn't receive a life sentence in the 2008 attempted murder of the 17 year old girlfriend :mad:
 
I'm late to following this case. Do we know how BF met EG? I see that Lyft states that this trip was not an official Lyft ride.
 
DEC 5, 2022

Ella Goodie

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32-year-old Ella Goodie was last seen on March 9, 2022, in the Calcasieu Parish area of Louisiana. Ella’s best friend, Felicia, told Dateline that Ella had been working for Lyft but wanted to make more money and started driving customers without the app. According to the Louisiana State Police, on March 9, the last passenger in Ella’s car was a man named Brandon Francisco. On April 4, almost a month after Ella’s disappearance, authorities announced that her black 2012 Audi Q5 had been found in St. Joseph, Missouri, 13 hours away from where she was last seen. Francisco is considered a person of interest in Ella's disappearance. On March 25, Francisco was arrested for an unrelated case. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in that case and is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence. He has not been charged in connection with Ella’s disappearance. Dateline spoke with his attorney of record in October 2022, who said she has not been contacted by investigators regarding Ella’s case. In May, the Louisiana State Police Department announced that Ella’s missing person’s case has shifted to a homicide investigation. Ella is 5’3”, 125 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. She has several tattoos, including a Houston Texans bull in the middle of her neck. Anyone with information regarding Ella’s disappearance is asked to call the Louisiana State Police Department at 318-484-2194.
 
According to NBC News, Goodie had been working for a popular rideshare app to provide for her children, but she eventually started taking clients outside the app to make more money.

On March 8, 2022, Goodie left her Lafayette-area home after telling family and friends that she would be driving someone to Houston, Texas, the following day. Goodie’s two teenage children weren’t immediately concerned when their mom wasn’t right home, but Goodie’s brother filed a missing report when she was still missing on March 11.

According to reports, investigators spotted Goodie’s black 2012 Audi Q5 heading into Texas on traffic cameras before coming back into Louisiana approximately 12 hours later. A local news report claimed that Goodie’s vehicle was captured on traffic cameras north of Dallas on March 11, the same day she was reported missing.
The trip to Houston would have been about 200 miles west of Lafayette. Dallas is 200 miles north of Houston.

Police identified Brandon Jermaine Francisco as the person who last saw Goodie, and he was arrested on an outstanding, unrelated warrant in St. Joseph, Missouri, on March 25, 2022. One week later, Goodie’s vehicle was also found in St. Joseph.

On May 3, 2022, the Louisiana State Police Department posted an update on their Facebook page stating that they were transitioning the missing person’s case into a homicide investigation “based on investigative techniques and witness statements.”

Francisco, whose criminal history reportedly dates back 20 years, was extradited back to Louisiana where he was already facing charges for a 2018 shooting. In October 2022, he pleaded guilty to the charges stemming from that incident and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Almost two months after Goodie’s disappearance, authorities announced that the investigation had transitioned from a missing persons case into a homicide case. Goodie remains missing, and there are no new updates in the case.

Anyone with information about the case should call the Louisiana State Police Department at 318-484-2194 or the Scott Police Department at 337-233-3715.
www.investigationdiscovery.com

Where Is Ella Goodie? Louisiana Woman Disappeared After Giving Somebody A Ride

A Louisiana woman disappeared without a trace on March 9, 2022. Police now believe she may have been murdered.
www.investigationdiscovery.com www.investigationdiscovery.com
 
MAR 9, 2023
www.klfy.com

One year later, Ella Goodie’s family, friends continue the search for missing mom

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) It has been a tough year for family and friends of Ella Goodie who disappeared on this day (March 9) in 2022. Goodie, 33 of Scott was last seen by family when she left home as…
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[...]

Jessica Goodie says now that authorities have turned the case into a homicide investigation, The Goodie family is still holding onto hope.

“Ella anytime she was in a room, you felt her presence. That’s her energy; she touched everyone that was around, that’s how much she loves you. We don’t want them to think that just because it got quiet that she’s not missed. She has kids that love her. She has family that love her. Her dad and mom.”

With heavy hearts, family members of missing loved ones gathered for prayer and hoping for closure.

“We are going to continue to say her name “Ella Goodie.”

[...]
 
MAR 11, 2023
www.theadvocate.com

A year after disappearance, Ella Goodie's family, friends pray for Lafayette woman's return

In the quiet moments, when she doesn’t keep busy, Felicia Broussard’s mind drifts to her longtime friend, Ella Goodie.
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In the quiet moments, when she doesn’t keep busy, FB’s mind drifts to her longtime friend, Ella Goodie.

[...]

The two women first met 22 years ago, as youths at the Lafayette Juvenile Detention Center, and saw one another through their turbulent teen years and into adulthood and the birth of their own children. Goodie was the friend FB called to vent to without judgment and to cheer her when she needed encouragement.

They were more like sisters than friends, and the pain of her sudden absence is almost indescribable, FB said.

[...]

Goodie’s cousin, 34-year-old JG, said prayer and having faith that God will have the final say in Ella’s case have propped her up through this year of hardship.

“If I can describe it, it would be not being able to breathe. Every time the phone rings or we look on the news, you’re holding your breath to see if it’s something. Hoping it’s something good and praying for nothing bad,” JG said.

Goodie said her younger cousin was fiercely loyal, energetic, beautiful, caring and had the kind of presence that you noticed in a room. Ella had a distinctive laugh, which made Goodie chuckle recalling it. When Jessica Goodie’s mother passed away in 2021, Ella was there at her side, from the moment her mother went into hospice care until it was time to clean out her apartment.

[...]

“We didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in our mouths. That’s why she was working hard to provide for her kids,” she said. “She was going to make sure they had what she didn’t have. What we didn’t have….She worked very hard to make sure her kids never went without anything.”

[...]
 
There has been a major development in the case of a missing woman from Scott, who disappeared while driving a rideshare client from Louisiana to Texas in 2022.

TFC Derek Senegal, the public information officer for Louisiana State Police - Troop D, has confirmed to News Channel 5 that the case involving Ella Goodie, 32, was handed over to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office on March 17, 2023 for grand jury consideration.

The person who investigators believe to be the last person to see Goodie, the one she was transporting to Texas, is Brandon Francisco, 37 of Mansura. Francisco was arrested in St. Joseph, Missouri last year on March 25. Goodie’s vehicle was found in St. Joseph, Missouri on April 1.

Francisco was out on bond at the time of his arrest in Missouri for a Rapides Parish case in which he was charged with attempted second-degree murder, among other charges. When he didn’t show up for court ahead of his trial, and was found in Missouri, the Rapides Parish District Attorney’s Office added a new charge - out of state bail jumping.

Last October, Francisco pleaded “guilty as charged” to attempted second-degree murder for the Rapides Parish case and was sentenced to 30 years in prison to be served without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. All other Rapides Parish charges were dismissed.

It’s important to note that Louisiana State Police told us that Francisco is still considered a person-of-interest in the Goodie case. As for why the case is in the hands of the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office, that’s because GPS cellphone records track her last known movements near Iowa, Louisiana - and a search was conducted in that area last April.
www.kalb.com

State Police confirm Ella Goodie homicide case now in the hands of the Calcasieu DA

The case was handed over to the Calcasieu Parish DA on March 17.
www.kalb.com www.kalb.com
 
MAR 21, 2023
www.kplctv.com

Ella Goodie case turned over to D.A.’s Office

Goodie, a 32-year-old rideshare driver from Scott, was last seen on March 9, 2022,
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Senegal said the case was turned over to the D.A.’s Office on March 17, 2023.

Bethany Bryant, spokeswoman for the D.A.’s Office, said it will take some time to review the “voluminous” case file. Once it is thoroughly reviewed, it will be taken to a grand jury.

www.americanpress.com

Calcasieu DA reviewing disappearance of Lyft driver Ella Goodie - American Press

The missing persons case of Ella Goodie — which has received national news coverage and was featured last year on NBC’s “Dateline” program — has been turned over to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office for review. The 32-year-old Lyft driver from Scott was last seen on March 9, 2022...
www.americanpress.com
On May 3, 2022, State Police posted an update on their Facebook page stating that “based on investigative techniques and witness statements, detectives and investigators have transitioned from a missing person’s case to a homicide investigation.”

www.klfy.com

Ella Goodie case turned over to Calcasieu D.A.’s Office

The case of Ella Goodie, the Scott woman who has been missing for over a year, has been turned over to the Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office.
www.klfy.com www.klfy.com
Francisco’s attorney, Tiffany Sanders, released the following statement to KALB:

“Today, my office received information as to my client being named as a person of interest in an ongoing matter. Through unknown means, it was discovered that the investigation is still in its infancy, although over a year has elapsed. I do not want to try this case in the media and intend to adhere to the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct that provide guidance on pretrial publicity. My client has not been charged with any crimes regarding this matter and vehemently maintains his innocence.”

MAR 22, 2023
www.theadvocate.com

Ella Goodie disappearance case turned over to Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office

Louisiana State Police investigators have turned over the case of missing Lafayette woman Ella Goodie to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.
www.theadvocate.com www.theadvocate.com
Trooper Derek Senegal, spokesperson for State Police’s Troop D, said the case was turned over to Calcasieu Parish District Attorney Stephen Dwight’s office March 17. Goodie’s case was reclassified as a homicide about two months after her disappearance on March 9, 2022, when she was last seen while taking a rideshare client to Texas.
 

Ella Quiana Goodie​

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Goodie, circa 2022; Goodie's car; Goodie's tattoos
  • Missing Since 03/09/2022
  • Missing From Scott, Louisiana
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Female
  • Race Black
  • Date of Birth 09/04/1989 (33)
  • Age 32 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'3, 120 - 168 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description A deniim jacket and blue pants.
  • Associated Vehicle(s) Black 2012 Audi Q5 with the license plate number NRN6551 (accounted for)
  • Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Goodie's ears and upper lip are pierced, and she has a gap between her upper front teeth. She has numerous tattoos, including but not limited to on her neck, chest, back, arms, shoulders, legs, hands and feet; photos of asome of them are posted with this case summary. She has a tattoo of the name "Anthony" on one side of her neck, a tattoo of a flower on the other side of her neck, a design on her chest with the name "Triston", stars on her arm, writing on the backs of both hands, writing on the top of her foot, a skull on the front of her thigh, and stars on her calf.

Details of Disappearance​

Goodie was last seen in Scott, Louisiana on March 9, 2022. She worked for the Lyft ride-share company and was driving on Interstate 10 to Texas to drop off a customer. Her phone last pinged at a cell tower near Iowa, Louisiana.

About twelve hours later, on March 10, her car, a black 2012 Audi Q5 with the license plate number NRN6551, was photographed by traffic cameras, heading north out of Dallas, Texas on Highway 75, in the direction of Louisiana.

A photo of the vehicle is posted with this case summary; it's unclear who was driving it. It was sighted north of Dallas again the next day. On April 4, authorities found the Audi in St. Joseph, Missouri. There was no sign of Goodie at the scene.

Authorities identified Brandon Jermaine Francisco as a person of interest in Goodie's disappearance. He was Goodie's customer, and she had given him rides before. A photo of him, and Goodie's car, is posted with this case summary.

He was arrested in St. Joseph on March 25, on an active warrant out of Louisiana that was unrelated to Goodie's case; he'd failed to show up at a March 9 hearing on attempted second-degree murder charges related to a 2018 shooting. In October 2022, Francisco pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Investigators believe Goodie was the victim of a homicide, but no one has been charged in her case. She left behind two teenage children.
 
MAR 11, 2024
www.kplctv.com

Where is Ella Goodie? Scott woman missing for two years

It’s been two years since anyone has seen or heard from Ella Goodie, the missing Scott woman whose disappearance is being investigated as a homicide.
www.kplctv.com www.kplctv.com
The D.A. said Goodie’s case is still under investigation. Francisco remains the only person of interest.

APR 2, 2024
“We’re angry because he was the last person seen with her. I mean, yes, he was charged for something else. He wasn’t charged for Ella,” said Goodie. “We don’t have the answers that we need from him and we’re just we’re praying the D.A. in Calcasieu Parish continues to do or is building a case and doing what she needs to do and I’m hoping that, doing this [interview], someone might reach out to the D.A. in Calcasieu Parish to give some type of information that will lead us to getting those answers that we need.”
 
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