Overview
- Lacy’s parents filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Louisiana district court naming the State Police and two troopers, alleging a fabricated crash investigation led to their son’s suicide in April 2025.
- The complaint accuses Trooper Tyler Werner of telling a witness to blame Lacy despite body-camera video of the person saying another driver caused the wreck, and says the officer then turned off his camera.
- The suit alleges investigators produced a false crash report and created the impression Lacy was passing cars at the time of impact.
- Citing an independent review by the Lafourche Parish district attorney, the filing says the initial probe contained several inconsistencies that undermine the original account.
- Louisiana State Police maintain that their evidence shows Lacy’s reckless driving into oncoming traffic triggered the chain of events in the December 2024 crash that killed a 78-year-old man.