REPORTER: ROGERS LACAZE'S CONVICTION ON THREE MURDER CHARGES STILL STANDS, BUT HIS DEATH SENTENCE WAS REPLACED TODAY FOLLOWING DECADES OF APPEALS. Just past his 18th birthday, LaCaze already had a history of violence and drug peddling. She also knew they kept all their money in cash. After 27 years on the job, Eddie Rantz retired. He went to law school. >> IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE. THE CONVICTIONS PUT LACAZE AND EX NOPD OFFICER ANTOINETTE FRANK ON DEATH ROW FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES. But Frank had a cell phone and a police radio with her. LaCaze later told detectives that the report was bogus. 1:55 A.M. EASTERN NEW ORLEANS
He was adored by many cousins ,nieces and nephews. She had a second gun – a .38-caliber revolver – tucked into her waistband. Frank shot him repeatedly in the chest and back, but his young athlete’s heart continued to beat. Marullo’s signature appeared on a release order for the weapon to Frank from the unclaimed police evidence office. The jury convicted LaCaze of murder and recommended he be put to death. He is the author of the true crime book Killer with A Badge, the complete story of the Antoinette Frank case. Antoinette Frank would be arrested and charged with the triple murder. He had been shot twice in the head and once in the back. Following the resentencing, LaCaze's mother said she will not stop fighting for his freedom and believes there is evidence proving his innocence. They argued he was impressionable and manipulated by Frank. At Frank's trial it was revealed the gun used in the crime, which Frank had reported stolen before the murders, came from the NOPD’s evidence and property room. In a letter from prison, he wrote, “Antoinette is crazy. CRIME SCENE CHAOS A TWISTED DUO Dr. Philip Scurria, a board-certified psychiatrist, evaluated Frank on 14 characteristics relevant to the job of a police officer. They heard shouting, crying, more gunshots. Recommend Frank's obituary to your friends.
Rogers LaCaze went on trial in July 1995. At the time, it wasn’t unusual for judges to sign over weapons from unclaimed evidence to officers for their personal use. When she turned 20, Frank applied to the New Orleans Police Department. His mother, Alice Chaney, kicked him out of her house when he was 17. Ha Vu died instantly. He was a loyal brother to Rocco. (That policy still prevents NOPD from hiring well-qualified officers who live in surrounding parishes.) Rogers LaCaze, the co-defendant of notorious ex-New Orleans Police Department officer Antoinette Frank, was resentenced Friday to life without parole. LaCaze took Ronnie Williams’ gun and wallet. She eventually took him shopping for new clothes. Both worked long hours at their parents’ restaurant. A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DESPAIR Funeral services will be Monday, July 27, 2020 at 11:00 am at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Rogers LaCaze, Antoinette Frank's co-conspirator, no longer facing execution after resentencing, TRAVERS: TODAY IN NEW ORLEAN CRIMINAL COURT, A JUDGE DECIDED ROGERS LACAZE WILL NOT DIE FOR HIS CRIMES. The sign and the car belonged to officer Antoinette Frank, a New Orleans cop who worked out of the 7th District. LaCaze, now 43, was Frank’s accomplice in the murder of three people, including Frank’s former partner in the force, Ronald Williams, and siblings Ha Vu and Cuong Vu, at a New Orleans East Vietnamese restaurant in 1995. “I mean, they were in love with this girl. As the car screeched out of the parking lot, a sun-yellowed cardboard sign fluttered on the dashboard in front of the steering wheel. Antoinette E. Moczygemba of San Antonio went to be with the Lord on Friday July 17, 2020 surrounded by her family at the age of 87, born March 1, 1933 in … He was a loving husband to Rosemarie . Antoinette Frank stood in the cramped kitchen of the Kim Anh restaurant, a 9 mm pistol clutched in her hand. He was raised in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx where he lived most of his life. Antoinette is survived by her Daughters: Cathy Dennis, Laura (Andrew) Blandford, Daughter-in-law: Leslie Edgerton, Grandchildren: Chris (Leslie) Dennis, Amy (Maverick) Lewis, Steven (Carol) Kocurek Jr., Jennifer (Matt) Delgado, Richard Moczygemba, Step Grandsons: Chane (Brittany) Blandford, Andrew (Jennifer) Blandford, Great Granddaughter: Emma Rae Lewis, Step Great Grandsons: Casen, Holt, Drew, Weston Blandford.