HORNBECK, La. (KPLC) - It has now been a year since a mother and daughter were killed in a small town in Vernon Parish, and authorities are still searching for answers.

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Six months after mother, daughter killed in Vernon Parish, investigators still searching for answers

On Oct. 8, 2024, the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office discovered the bodies of two women while performing a welfare check at a home in Hornbeck.

The two women were later identified as 86-year-old Ruth Holt and 64-year-old Fredda Pierce.

“Knocking on the door, nobody came to the door. They made entry and discovered the two deceased females, a mother and her daughter,”

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