BATON ROUGE — A man originally arrested on murder and feticide charges in connection with the 2023 death of a 36-year-old mother and her unborn baby has pleaded guilty to reduced charges, marking the fifth and final plea in the case.
Derrick Curry, who was 19 at the time of Kerisha Johnson’s death along Carrollton Avenue in April 2023, was arrested alongside multiple others and charged with second-degree murder and first-degree feticide.
WBRZ previously reported that Johnson was picking someone up from a party and was only days away from giving birth when a group of people gathered outside the party, thinking they recognized Johnson’s vehicle. Shortly after this, several people reportedly pulled out guns and shot at Johnson’s car as she tried to drive away…