BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - During an impromptu court hearing Thursday, Casen Carver waived his right to a jury trial, which means a Judge will be the sole arbiter of his fate during a trial scheduled to start at the end of this year.

Carver was the driver of a vehicle that Brooks was riding in before she was let out of the car near the Pelican Lakes neighborhood off Burbank Drive in January of 2023.

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Brooks was at Reggie’s in Tigerland before getting into the vehicle

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