OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- A Port Barre man and an Opelousas man were indicted for murder and rape, respectively, in separate cases, prosecutors said.

Jared Eugene Wells, 23, of Port Barre, was indicted today by a St. Landry Parish grand jury of second degree murder in the death of David Joachin, also from Porte Barre. The grand jury heard evidence of the shooting which occurred on Jennings Road in Opelousas on June 11. Joachin died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, officials said.

Second degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence of imprisonment at hard labor without probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Wells will be arraigned on Nov. 6.

Felton Leday, 74, of Opelousas, was inducted for three counts of first degree rape and three counts of sexual battery. The allegation

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