re: Man shot at Alexandria Walmart; woman in custody (perhaps now WYHI thread; mug in OP)

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Here is a pic that has been absent from this thread...

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probably cleans up OK

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her shooting her husband? doesn't seem like it

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was a joke, re: the Dallas shooting by the cop

ETA: didn't take them Ellic baws long to lock her arse up

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Brooke Buford @brookebuford #BREAKING APD says woman arrested for Walmart parking lot murder today is Kayla Coutee, 31. The victim’s name will be released in 24 hours so all family can be notified, but police say he was her husband and this was a custody exchange. No mug available yet.

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It’s a good toning they withheld the name of the victim because NOBODY would figure it out from reading her name.

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couldn't it just have been a mistake?

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Supposedly he had accused her of domestic violence in the past. According to local news sources.

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Supposedly he had accused her of domestic violence in the past. According to local news sources.

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Alexandria Town Talk Monday morning update

for these updates... Coutee is the husband/deceased/murder victim & Giles is the wife/murderer using her maiden name

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The motion read that Coutee had presented a "history of domestic abuse" at the hands of Giles during an Aug. 13 child custody hearing. It also stated that state law creates a presumption "that no parent who has a history of perpetuating family violence shall be awarded sole or joint custody of the children."

Coutee's initial petition for divorce sought a joint custody arrangement, however.

A protection order had been filed by [husband's attorney] on Aug. 23, too. The order had been secured by Coutee against Giles. Three attempts to serve it were unsuccessful, according to court records.

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There was no mention of abuse in the filed [divorce] documents until Coutee's request for a new trial. But he had made at least one report to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office before that.

Coutee filed a complaint on May 28, alleging that Giles had slapped him while "they were exchanging custody of their kids." The incident had happened on May 22, according to the report.

Coutee told the deputy he'd leaned into the car to give the kids a last hug before going to work when Giles slapped him on the left side of his face. Coutee produced a photo to show the deputy, who observed "redness on the left side of his jaw line below his left ear," it reads.

Coutee also showed the deputy a screen shot of a text that Giles allegedly sent to a mutual friend. According to the report, the text read that she'd "knocked the sh*t out of Thomas. It felt good tho."

Coutee told the deputy that the two had been arguing about Giles' boyfriend, who he claimed was addicted to drugs, and about Giles' desire to move.

He told the deputy he didn't want to file charges, but wanted the complaint on file.

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"knocked the sh*t out of Thomas. It felt good tho."

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How does this happen?

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because those in possession of the vagina have the upper hand in domestic disputes, had the roles been reversed, ole baw would have spent a couple of nights in the clink, on her accusation alone

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a lot of states have a law where if there's a domestic violence claim and someone has evidence of a physical assault that an officer/deputy can confirm... then it doesn't matter if the victim wants to press charges or not, the alleged attacker is heading to jail for a day or 2

I guess Louisiana isn't 1 of those states

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as I mentioned above, in FC/domestic disputes the system is extremely biased in favor of the woman

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I don't disagree with you on this point

it's just that a lot of places give police no say in the matter... an arrest MUST be made on a DV case if the officer sees evidence of an assault... even if the victim expresses no interest in pressing charges

a business can express no desire to prosecute someone who's been busted shoplifting and that person will go straight home with just a "do not trespass" warning... this doesn't happen in DV cases

And thanks for finding it.