ST. LANDRY PARISH — St. Landry Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that help locate a man accused of murder in the death of a seven-week-old baby.

Benjamin Philip Baquet, 30, was indicted last week on a second-degree murder charge in the baby's death, which doctors said was caused by "shaken baby syndrome."

His last known address was on Whispering Oaks Street in Lumberton, Texas, but he also has lived in Kountze, Texas, and in Ville Platte and Opelousas. He's described as a white man with brown hair and eyes, about 5 feet six inches tall and 160 pounds.

St. Landry Crime Stoppers has been working with Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas and has received "very reliable information" that Baquet may be in the Lake Charles area. They say he also may travel to the Lafayette and Opelous

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