Overview
- Louisiana State Police announced that four Covington men — Perry Wayne Taylor, Darrell Dean Spell, Carlos Cooper, and Billy Williams Jr. — are charged with aggravated rape and second-degree murder in the killing of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp.
- Police arrested Williams at his Covington home, and Ohio state agents took Spell into custody in Dayton, where he awaits extradition to Louisiana.
- Detectives contacted Taylor and Cooper while both were already in Louisiana Department of Corrections custody on unrelated cases.
- The six-part Who Killed Roxanne? podcast on Lake 94.7 drew new tips and witnesses, which investigators paired with updated DNA testing to map Sharp’s movements before her death.
- Prosecutors are preparing the next steps, including a grand jury review, and Sharp’s family said the arrests offer a chance for healing after decades without answers.