St. Landry Parish grand jury indicts man in connection with 2017 shaken baby death

Three people were indicted by a St. Landry Parish jury for second-degree murder, including a man charged in 2017 in connection with a “shaken baby syndrome” incident.

Benjamin Baquet, 30, was indicted Nov. 21 on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of A.M.B., a juvenile under the age of 12, according to District Attorney Chad Pitre.

According to previous reports, in July of 2017 deputies with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of an unresponsive baby…

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