LAFAYETTE – A federal judge this week sentenced a Mansura man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to a carjacking that left a Lafayette Parish woman dead, prosecutors announced Friday.
Ella Goodie was a ride-share driver who had offered to help Brandon Jermaine Francisco, 39, get to Missouri.
According to prosecutors, Francisco was attempting to avoid an attempted murder charge and contacted Goodie, who agreed to take him to Houston. After meeting in Lafayette and driving to Houston, the pair returned to Louisiana and near the town of Iowa, Louisiana, on March 9, 2022, Francisco carjacked her, prosecutors said…