Baton Rouge man who stabbed woman to death live on social media sentenced to 999 years

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man convicted of stabbing a woman to death in 2022 was sentenced Tuesday.

According to East Baton Rouge Parish court minutes, Earl Johnson Jr., 39, was sentenced to 999 years on the charge of first-degree murder.

In 2022, the Louisiana State Police alerted the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office of a stabbing caught on a live stream via social media. Upon arrival, deputies found 34-year-old Janice David beaten and stabbed to death inside a car on Sherwood Forest Drive…

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