OPELOUSAS, La. (NEWS 15) — Two men have been officially sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a man in 2022, according to the St. Landry Parish District Attorney’s Office.
Jaden Ardoin, 21, of Krotz Springs, and Jaimon Mason, 23, were sentenced on Monday, October 20, following their conviction over the summer for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.
A unanimous jury found Ardoin and Mason guilty on June 30 for the murder of Wade Vaughn-Smith, 20, and the attempted murder of his brother, James Vaughn, 22…