Nearly two years after a Baton Rouge woman was found dead the day after her 42nd birthday, her former boyfriend has been arrested in Alabama, authorities said.
The body of Tonyetta Loveless was discovered on the morning of Nov. 29, 2023. She was lying on a sofa in her apartment with a gunshot wound to her head. After an investigation, detectives with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office identified her live-in boyfriend, Andre Weatherspoon, as the suspect. Authorities at the time believed Weatherspoon had fled the area.
Now, an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip has led to his arrest in Ozark, Alabama. The 41-year-old was extradited to Baton Rouge and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Tuesday on counts of second-degree murder and battery of a dating partner…