Found Deceased LA - Garrett Wilson, 48, Bossier City, 24 Jan 2020

[mlhenn]

Skeletal remains found in investigation of missing Bossier City man

UPDATE:
NEAR BENTON, La. – Skeletal remains discovered in a rural area north of Benton late Friday afternoon are being investigated to see if they are a man reported missing in late January.

The body was found in a remote area near the Rocky Mount community, according to KTBS sources.


Bossier authorities got a tip to go to the location in connection with the investigation of the disappearance of Garrett Wilson, the sources said.

The body will be sent for forensic autopsy and identification.

 

[PommyMommy]

Skeletal remains found in investigation of missing Bossier City man

UPDATE:
NEAR BENTON, La. – Skeletal remains discovered in a rural area north of Benton late Friday afternoon are being investigated to see if they are a man reported missing in late January.

The body was found in a remote area near the Rocky Mount community, according to KTBS sources.


Bossier authorities got a tip to go to the location in connection with the investigation of the disappearance of Garrett Wilson, the sources said.

The body will be sent for forensic autopsy and identification.

Hmmm. Sure would like to know more about that tip. MOO

 

[Gigi3]

Hmmm. Sure would like to know more about that tip. MOO

Local fodder says it’s him, but right now that is complete rumor!
Although, if it is him, I pray for his loved ones

 

[swedeheart]

Reporter Timmy Lane

per timmy lane:

CRIME REPORT: FORMER BOSSIER CITY POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE OF A MISSING MAN

John Hardy (A Former Bossier City Police Officer) has been arrested in connection with the possible disappearance/murder of Garrett Wilson.

No further details are available at this time, which Bossier City Police Department will release those details soon.

 

[TatianaBarbie]

Reporter Timmy Lane

per timmy lane:

CRIME REPORT: FORMER BOSSIER CITY POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE OF A MISSING MAN

John Hardy (A Former Bossier City Police Officer) has been arrested in connection with the possible disappearance/murder of Garrett Wilson.

No further details are available at this time, which Bossier City Police Department will release those details soon.

Wow--that was unexpected! How horrible!

 

[mlhenn]

Reporter Timmy Lane

per timmy lane:

CRIME REPORT: FORMER BOSSIER CITY POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE OF A MISSING MAN

John Hardy (A Former Bossier City Police Officer) has been arrested in connection with the possible disappearance/murder of Garrett Wilson.

No further details are available at this time, which Bossier City Police Department will release those details soon.

My mouth just dropped to the floor! Was not expecting that at all!

 

[mlhenn]

A man reported missing Wednesday is now in jail on charges of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice as the investigation continues into the disappearance and suspected death of a man who worked with him.

Bond for John Hardy, 43, of Bossier City, is set at $1.3 million.


Hardy, a former Bossier City police officer, was arrested early Saturday morning in Shreveport then transferred to Bossier Maximum Security Center.
Meanwhile, a large presence of investigators continued to work a scene in north Bossier Parish in the Rocky Mount area, where dismembered human remains were discovered Friday.

Investigators at the crime scene could not give an exact estimate of how long it would take them to process the scene. The Bossier Parish mobile crime lab was parked at the scene along with about a dozen vehicles including ATVs.
Bossier man once missing charged with murder; investigation continues into recovered human remains

 

[mlhenn]

Reporter Timmy Lane

John Hardy was a member of the hunting lease where the body was found.

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 28, 2020
Bossier Parish coroner’s office identifies human remains as missing man
The Bossier Parish Coroner’s Office has identified the human remains that were found a week ago in north Bossier Parish.

The remains were positively identified as Garrett Wilson, 48, of Bossier City, according to a release from the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office. Bossier Parish Coroner John Chandler matched the DNA of the remains that were found in the rural area of Rocky Mount Road to Wilson’s.

Investigators are not yet saying how they believe Wilson died.

[...]

 

[mlhenn]

Remains found in northern Bossier Parish identified as Garrett Wilson


BPSO Lt. Bill Davis says it’s still not known how long the remains had been there or how Wilson was killed.

Davis says theNorth Louisiana Crime Lab conducted a DNA analysis on a sample of the remains foundnear railroad tracks in a rural area off of Rocky Mount Road on Feb. 21 to confirm the remains are those of the 48-year-old man who was reported missing Jan. 23.
Davis says additional charges are possible for Hardy, and its possible others could also be arrested and charged in Garrett’s death, depending on the outcome of the investigation.

Davis also says no motive has been identified and no weapon has been found.

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 28, 2020
Homicide suspect caught on trail cam on lease where remains found
[...]

Bossier City business owner John Hardy is captured in still photographs from the trail camera standing next to a burn pile. Clothes that Garrett Wilson was last seen wearing are piled up next to him, sources tell KTBS.

Hardy, who was once a part of that deer lease, is accused of killing, dismembering and disposing of Wilson's body on the property.

[...]

Hardy was driving a 1999 Chevrolet van when he was arrested. Sources tell KTBS Hardy had withdrawn thousands of dollars from bank account and purchased the van from a used car dealer. Seized from inside the van were machetes, knives and other items.

Law enforcement agencies used a license plate reader to track Hardy and that also put him near the deer lease near the Rocky Mount community, according to sources.

[...]

 

[mlhenn]

FEB 28, 2020
Homicide suspect caught on trail cam on lease where remains found
[...]

Bossier City business owner John Hardy is captured in still photographs from the trail camera standing next to a burn pile. Clothes that Garrett Wilson was last seen wearing are piled up next to him, sources tell KTBS.

Hardy, who was once a part of that deer lease, is accused of killing, dismembering and disposing of Wilson's body on the property.

[...]

Hardy was driving a 1999 Chevrolet van when he was arrested. Sources tell KTBS Hardy had withdrawn thousands of dollars from bank account and purchased the van from a used car dealer. Seized from inside the van were machetes, knives and other items.

Law enforcement agencies used a license plate reader to track Hardy and that also put him near the deer lease near the Rocky Mount community, according to sources.

[...]

So many gruesome things that stand out in this article. I’ll never understand why some people choose to make these type choices that lead to hurting or taking the life of someone else.

 

[iulia]

A Louisiana man accused of killing his business partner pleaded not guilty to murder and obstruction charges, and now police say he will face more charges related to an attempted escape from custody at a hospital.

John Hardy Jr. pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and obstruction of justice on Tuesday via video before a Bossier Parish judge, news outlets reported.

Louisiana man accused of killing associate enters plea

 

[mlhenn]

Louisiana man accused of killing associate enters plea

This guy isn’t helping himself at all, IMO...

Hardy was arrested last month and taken to a hospital due to a prior leg injury. While there, he tried to overpower a deputy and escape from custody, Shreveport police said.

“He attempted to disarm the deputy of her firearm and was unsuccessful, but he disarmed her of her pepper spray and pepper-sprayed her and attempted (an) escape,” Cpl. Angie Willhite told the Shreveport Times.

A medical assistant also told the newspaper that he tackled Hardy and put him in a chokehold to stop the attack.
Hardy faces charges of attempting to disarm a peace officer and battery of a peace officer in that incident, according to news outlets.

 

[mlhenn]

Bossier homicide suspect attempts escape from hospital; faces more charges

A Bossier City man accused of killing, dismembering and hiding the body of a business associate faces more charges after overpowering a deputy and trying to escape from a Shreveport hospital.
A Shreveport police detective investigated the incident and obtained arrest warrants charging Hardy with disarming of a peace officer and battery of a police officer. Instead of being booked into the Shreveport City Jail, Hardy was taken back to Bossier Max under the guard of additional BPSO deputies, Wilhite said.

His bond on the SPD charges was set at $50,000
on top of a $1.3 million bond at Bossier Maximum Security facility for murder charges.

Hardy was scheduled to appear in Bossier District Court on March 24 for a bond reduction hearing. His attorney, Dhu Thompson, said in court documents that Hardy is not a flight risk and that his family would monitor him if he was to be freed pending trial.

 

[mlhenn]

John Hardy enters pleas to Bossier murder, obstruction of justice charges

A status conference was set for July 28, according to court records.

 

[mlhenn]

Remains found in northern Bossier Parish identified as Garrett Wilson | WGNO

Not too sure what (if anything) is new or updated in the article. I couldn’t find anything but it said it was posted a day ago.

 

[mlhenn]

Recovered skull identified as partial remains of homicide victim

Here’s another article updates a day ago. Unlike the one I posted above, this one seems to be a little more updated...

The identity of a skull found earlier this summer in the north end of the parish have been confirmed.

The skull belongs to 48-year-old Garrett Wilson, a Bossier City man whose dismembered and burned remains were found on Feb. 21 on a private hunting lease near the Rocky Mount community in north Bossier Parish.


Crews conducting a routine bridge inspection in June at the base of Highway 160 east of Ivan Lake found Wilson’s skull just underneath the water. Positive identity was determined recently by the LSU FACES Lab in Baton Rouge.


John Hardy, 43, of Bossier City, has been indicted for second-degree murder in connection with Wilson’s death. He’s held on a $1.3 million bond.

Hardy has pleaded not guilty. He’s scheduled to be back in court on Sept. 10 for a status conference.

 

[mlhenn]

Skull Discovered in Bossier Parish in June Now Identified

On June 19 of this year, a bridge inspection crew found a human skull in the water at a Highway 160 bridge near Ivan Lake. The Bossier Sheriff's Office Dive Team then recovered the other remains and then turned over the skull to the Bossier Parish Coroner's Office for positive identification.