EAST BATON ROUGE – In August, there were three separate murder-suicides related to domestic violence across the parish within 14 days.
On August 3rd, 54-year-old Alanna Singleton was killed by her boyfriend, 54-year-old Paul Varnado, in Central. The next day, August 4th, 24-year-old Kyra Hayes was killed by her boyfriend, Brendon Ely, in Baker. On August 13th, 55-year-old Mirtalarellana Ramirez was shot near Florida Boulevard by her boyfriend, Guadalupe Reyes Vasquez.
District Attorney Hillar Moore says this marks five domestic-violence-related murder-suicides this year, surpassing the average of two to three cases. He notes the last time they saw this increase was during the COVID years…