Two confess to murder:
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/11/father_and_son_confess_to_kill.html
father and son from Kiln, Miss., are in custody on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after authorities there said the pair confessed to killing a Diamondhead man and dumping his body last week in New Orleans East.
The body of 54-year-old Philip Sherman Whitaker was found Wednesday (Nov. 15) wrapped in carpet on the Interstate 10 eastbound on-ramp at Michoud Boulevard after a motorist called to report a piece of rolled up carpet on the roadway, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Whitaker's driver's license was found on the body, the Sun-Herald reports, and the body was decomposed.
Hancock County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief Don Bass said. NOPD spokesman Aaron Looney said Hancock County has taken over the investigation following the development.
Bass said Whitaker was longtime friends with Carl Smith. Whitaker was visiting Carl Smith at Carl Smith's home in Kiln when the two friends and Terry Smith got into some type of dispute, Bass said. Terry Smith shot Whitaker three times, Bass said, and the father and son then "wrapped the body up in a carpet, and disposed of it in New Orleans East."
Whitaker's vehicle was recovered this week from Poplarville, Bass said, adding investigators believe the father and son might have left the vehicle there, "and from there went to dump the body."
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