Maurice Parms beat 15-year-old Ja’Derrius Minnieweather to death during an altercation and then went to great lengths to hide the evidence, according to Baton Rouge Police Department documents.
Parms, 51, was arrested Saturday on a count of first-degree murder in connection with Minnieweather’s disappearance. The teen’s body has not been recovered.
Based on their investigation, detectives believe Minnieweather was caught in a confrontation with Parms where he was killed in the struggle, according to a warrant for Parms’ arrest. It is believed that Parms stashed the body, that he threw away evidence, came back to retrieve the evidence and possibly the victim’s body and transported them elsewhere in his truck…