Registered sex offender shot to death when answering knock at door
The Sabine Parish Coroner has released the identity of a man shot to death when answering the door.
The body of 72-year-old Jerry Wayne Scott was found in the doorway at his home in the 1300 block of Matthews Lodge Road in Many on Saturday morning, according to Sabine Parish Assistant Coroner Ron Rivers.
Rivers said that Scott’s body was found lying face up on the living room floor of his mobile home.
It is believed that Scott went to answer a knock at the front door of the home when an unknown gunman fired a single shot through the storm door.
The gunshot hit Scott in the upper chest, killing him instantly.
Investigators are treating the incident as a hate crime. Scott was a registered sex offender in the state of Louisiana.
Wow. I guess that I am “lucky” that my house, car, livelihood, reputation and sanity are the only things that have been attacked the internet trolling busybodies and other card carrying members of the general public.
Hey family in the unwanted fellowship,
my conviction was in 1990.
Today, though far removed from that date, it only takes reading this forum to bring all that fear, pain and anxiety back to the forfront.
I would caution that we not use this chat vehicle to slip into morbid reflection, or complain about the Iron Machine that has no feelings, that is probably reading these posts making us more vulnerable.
Instead let us become the best versions of ourselves that we can be and pray and use this form to brainstorm on how to dismantle this unfair registry that we are all on..
Because after only 30 minutes on the site I’m full of fear and anxiety and stress and discouragement. and that’s not going to help anyone that’s not going to help us…
Is it just me that believed once your sentence is over it should be over. A bad choice I made over 20 years ago, but I don’t understand how they can continue to do this to us and put our lives and are family in harm’s way. This has to STOP! Where does it end?
Tracy, my crime happened in 95, did my time and 2 1/2 yrs CRD, i’m 76 and I still live in fear of all the new laws and ordinances they can think of. We have become the modern day lepers with a scarlet letter. I believe the consistent harassment of registered is punishment and constitutes an issue of over sentencing. That’s why it’s important to have the advocates we have in FAC and NARSOL to fight the good fight we aren’t able to do. They tell us we’re free but i say, “free with shackles”