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Father kills 2-year-old son, dumps him in park, police say - New Orleans Times-Picayune

2 January 2009, 3:58 pm

CHRIS GRANGER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE New Orleans homicide detectives Harold Wischan, left, and Anthony Pardo, right, escort Danny Platt into central lock up on Saturday. Platt is accused of shooting his son to avoid paying child support. New Orleans ...... Read More »

City's murder rate drops in 2008 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

30 December 2008, 3:54 pm

As 2008 wound to a close, New Orleans' official murder tally stood at 179, about 15 percent fewer killings than in the previous year. The decline -- a drop of 31 murders from the 210 recorded in 2007 -- owed in part to a marked decrease in killings ...... Read More »