Overview
- Taylor Daniel Broussard turned himself in and was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on counts of first-degree murder, cruelty to juveniles and second-degree battery.
- Kaylee Fontenot had been arrested earlier on the same charges, and both parents are now in custody.
- Officials say an autopsy found extreme dehydration and malnourishment, multiple broken ribs with signs of healing and a severed lower spine that caused internal bleeding.
- Opelousas police responded to an Oct. 25 medical call where the infant was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead.
- Police say the child had been in the parents’ exclusive custody since birth, and investigators are seeking public tips as the active case moves forward.