The Covington LA man accused of brutally killing a Catholic Priest and his friend/parishioner pleads guilty

 

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A deal has been reached in the horrific murder case of a Covington priest and parishioner.

Man accused of killing Covington priest, parishioner pleads guilty

A man accused of murdering a Covington priest and parishioner has entered a guilty plea in connection with the case, sources tell WDSU.

Antonio Tyson was charged in connection with the murders of Rev. Otis Young and his friend Ruth Prats.

Tyson has changed his plea to guilty to two life sentences for murder, and one 40-year sentence on obstruction of justice charges, according to WDSU sources. The sentences will run consecutively.

He will be formally sentenced on June 8.

Below is everything you need to know about the murders and the case.

Timeline of murders:

On Nov. 27, 2022, Covington police responded to a report of a hit-and-run near St. Tammany Bike Trace and Bogue Falaya Towers Condominiums.

Officers were given Ruth Prats' license plate from a witness on the scene. When officers tried to contact Prats, they couldn't find her. Police then contacted her family, who said they also couldn't get in touch with her.

Covington police reviewed footage of the hit-and-run that showed Prats' car involved. Her phone was pinged inside a dumpster nearby, and a criminal investigation was then launched.

Prats was also entered as a missing person and her car was reported as stolen.

On Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, officers found Prats' car in a Walgreens parking lot. According to police, Tyson and another woman, who was not Prats, were taken into custody.

After police found Prats' car, they learned that Young was with Prats on Sunday. When officers went to Young's apartment, they found he was not there.

Two bodies were then found in the 600 block of East Gibson Street on Nov. 28 around 5:49 a.m.

The bodies were found burned behind the building.

Video obtained by police showed Tyson riding a bicycle past Prats' home around 3:53 p.m. on Sunday.

According to Sgt. Edwin Masters, Tyson went to several homes in the area before knocking on Prats' house.

Covington priest, parishioner murdered days after accused killer violated parole

Tyson is seen on video speaking to both Prats and Young for a few minutes.

Around 3:55 p.m., police say Tyson leaves and parks his bike on the side of a grocery store.

At 4 p.m., police say Tyson was seen walking up to Prats' front door with what appeared to be a knife behind his back in a crouched position.

Police say Tyson was then seen entering Prats' home.

Prats' car is seen around 5:14 p.m. backing out of the driveway of the home and out of the camera's view.

Prats' car is then seen driving away from the home.

Covington police say Tyson was seen at multiple businesses on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 in Prats' car. He was also found on security footage at a gas station filling up a container of fuel while in Prats' car, according to police.

Prats' car was then seen on security camera footage entering the crime scene on Gibson Street.

Police say Tyson has no association with St. Peter's Church or the school.

About the suspect:

Tyson was arrested and faces two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree kidnapping, two counts of obstruction of justice, one count of illegal possession of stolen things, and one count of resisting an officer by giving a false name.

Tyson has a violent criminal history.

Man accused of killing Covington priest, friend could have served decades more in jail, former prosecutor says

At the time, Tyson was recently released from the Rayburn Correctional Facility prison after pleading guilty in 1993 to one count of forcible rape, one count of armed robbery, and one count of burglary.

He was sentenced to 40 years and served 31 years, according to Covington police.

Police reports from the St. Tammany District Attorney's office shed light on the violent rape that Tyson was convicted of. Police said he was 18 at the time of the crime.

According to the court documents, the victim, a 54-year-old, said she woke up to two men in her bedroom. She said she was pistol-whipped, tied up, and a pillowcase was placed over her head, and she was then raped by both men.

Documents say she was told she would be killed if she opened her mouth.

According to the documents, the suspects stole her car, and the victim was able to break free after they left.

She then ran to a neighbor's home and called police before being taken to a hospital.

Tyson was tracked down in the victim's car and arrested, according to the documents.

The documents also said that a black belt used to tie up the victim was linked to Tyson through a fingerprint.

Both Tyson and the other man involved were convicted of the rape.

NY Cardinal Timothy Dolan says mass shooting should not lead to "getting used to violence"

 

‘Never get used to violence,’ says NY cardinal after mass shooting in building near St. Patrick’s

written by Gina Christian 

New York City police officers stand at attention for the ambulance transfer of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City early July 29, 2025. Islam, who was working an off-duty assignment, and multiple people were killed July 28 after a gunman opened fire at a midtown Manhattan skyscraper. (OSV News Photo/Bing Guan, Reuters)

(OSV News) — “We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, following a deadly mass shooting in that city that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.

The violence unfolded July 28 just two blocks from St. Patrick’s Cathedral, at a midtown Manhattan skyscraper housing the offices of the NFL and prominent financial and real estate firms.

Lone Gunman Took Own Life

The lone gunman — identified by New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch during a July 28 press conference as 27-year-old Shane Tamura — took his life after the attack, which also left one individual in critical condition. 

Tamura, who apparently drove cross country from his Las Vegas home, was captured on video camera striding toward the building with an M4 rifle before opening fire. Tisch said a revolver had also been found in his vehicle.

Killed in the attack was 36-year-old Didarul Islam, an NYPD officer assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.

Officer Leaves Behind Pregnant Wife, 2 Sons

Islam, who leaves behind a pregnant wife and two young sons, had been on the force for three and a half years, according to New York Mayor Eric Adams, who in the press conference noted the slain officer’s deep faith. Islam had been working a private security detail at the Manhattan building, said Tisch. The NYPD Paid Detail Unit program allows uniformed, armed off-duty officers to stand guard at businesses.

Adams ordered flags on all city buildings and stationary flag poles to be flown at half-staff in Islam’s memory until further notice.

‘We Are Heartbroken by Loss of Life’

“We are heartbroken by the loss of life,” said Cardinal Dolan in a statement to OSV News. “The victims, those who were injured, and their families are in our prayers. Our love and concern go especially to the families of those killed and to our beloved NYPD community.”

Amid the attack, employees in the building sheltered in place, emerging with their hands up as law enforcement led them to safety. An investigation remains ongoing.

On July 29, Adams said that authorities “have reason to believe that he (Tamura) was focused on the NFL,” citing the gunman’s three-page note alleging he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative neurological disease believed to be caused by repeated injuries to the head. The condition — which can only be ascertained after death — has been reported among athletes who routinely sustain head injuries, such as boxers and football and hockey players. 

Adams said that in his note, Tamura, who played football in high school, had accused the NFL of concealing football’s risk of CTE. “Study my brain please,” said Tamura in his note, adding, “I’m sorry.” 

Gina Christian is a multimedia reporter for OSV News. Follow her on X @GinaJesseReina.

Kansas Priest senselessly murdered in Kansas

 

Portrait of Father Raj "Arul" Carasala, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Seneca, Kansas, who was fatally shot in his rectory April 3, 2025. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, who traveled to Seneca to console the community and celebrate a Mass, called the attack a "senseless act of violence" and mourned the loss of a "beloved priest, leader and friend." (OSV News photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Kansas City)

Kansas pastor fatally shot in his rectory

(OSV News) — The pastor of a parish in Seneca, Kansas, was shot in his rectory and later died of his injuries at a local hospital April 3.

In a message shared on social media, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas said he was “heartbroken to share the tragic news” of the death of Father Raj “Arul” Carasala. “This senseless act of violence has left us grieving the loss of a beloved priest, leader, and friend,” he said.

“Fr. Carasala was a devoted and zealous pastor who faithfully served our Archdiocese for over twenty years, including as dean of the Nemaha-Marshall region,” he continued. “His love for Christ and His Church was evident in how he ministered to his people with great generosity and care. His parishioners, friends, and brother priests will deeply miss him.”

By late afternoon April 3, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced an arrest had been made in connection to the shooting death of Father Arul, 57. Gary L. Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested and booked into the Nemaha County Jail for first-degree murder.

Archbishop Naumann calls Father Carasala’s death ‘ a senseless tragedy’

A message from the diocese’s vicar general shared by the parish’s social media said Archbishop Naumann had gone to Seneca to console and pray with Sts. Peter and Paul parishioners and area priests.

The Knights of Columbus led the rosary at 6 p.m. April 3, followed by a 7:30 p.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Naumann. A cantor sang “Be Still My Soul” a cappella as mourners filled the church.

In his opening remarks, Archbishop Naumann again called Father Carasala’s death a “senseless tragedy.”

“Father Arul spent his life making this Blessed Sacrament available to us, and so I think this would please him to see this church full tonight and drawing ourselves into the presence of the Risen Lord,” the archbishop said.

Father Carasala originally from India and served in Kansas since 2004

Father Carasala had served since 2011 as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Seneca, a town with a population around 2,100 about 115 miles northwest of Kansas City. According to a biography on the parish’s website, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cuddapah in southeast India in 1994 and began ministering in Kansas in 2004, where he served at several parishes before his last assignment. He became an American citizen in 2011.

“In this time of sorrow, let us entrust Fr. Carasala to the mercy of God and lift up in prayer his family in Cuddapah, India, his parish community at Saints Peter and Paul in Seneca, and all who mourn his passing. Let us also pray for the perpetrator, that God may touch and transform his heart,” Archbishop Naumann said in his social media statement.

“There is no ongoing threat to the community, but I recognize the pain and shock that such an event brings. In moments like these, we turn to our Lord, who is close to the brokenhearted,” he continued. “As we grieve, may we find strength in our faith and in the hope of Christ’s Resurrection.”

Terrorism related murder of 15 Catholics while attending Mass in Burkina Faso

 

Burkinabe displaced by islamist terrorists' attacks  (AFP or licensors)

CHURCH

• BURKINA FASO
• TERRORISM
• CHURCH

15 Catholics reported killed in terrorist attack in Burkina Faso

The Catholic Diocese of Dori confirms that 15 parishioners were killed on Sunday during a terrorist attack in Essakane village and two others injured, as jihadist groups linked to al-Qaida and the so-called Islamic State (IS) continue to extend their range of action in the vast Sahel region.

By Lisa Zengarini

At least 15 Catholics attending Sunday Mass were killed on Sunday in jihadi-ridden Burkina Faso during a terrorist attack, reported local Church sources.  

The attack occurred in Essakane village in the country’s North-Eastern Oudalan province, a jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Dori bordering Mali and Niger.

According to a media release issued by the Vicar General of diocese on behalf of the Bishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré, twelve worshippers died at the scene of the attack, while three succumbed to their injuries  and two others are in hospital.

Prayers for the dead for those who continue to wreak death in the country

In the brief statement, Fr. Jean-Pierre Sawadogo invited the faithful to pray for those “who died in faith, for the healing of the wounded, and for the consolation of grieving hearts."

The Vicar General also appealed for prayers for the conversion of those who “continue to wreak death and desolation in the country.”

"May our efforts of penance and prayer during this blessed season of Lent obtain peace and security for our country, Burkina Faso," he wrote.

Deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in the Sahel region

The February 25 attack is the latest in a long string of atrocities committed by Islamist terrorist groups linked to the so-called  Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the vast Sahel region which also includes Mali and Niger, where terrorism has increased by over 2,000 percent in the last 16 years causing the displacement of millions of people.  

Authorities in the region have been battling against the Islamist terrorist groups since Libya’s civil war in 2011, followed by an Islamist takeover of Northern Mali in 2012. Though the Malian government regained most of the territory in 2013 with the support of French forces, which are now no longer present, the jihadist insurgency has continued even after the military took over in a coup in 2021 ,and has spilled over into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso now also ruled by military juntas.

Dramatic impact of terrorism on the Church in Burkina Faso

In an interview in 2023 Bishop Birfuoré, who chairs the Joint Bishops' Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger, (CEBN), told the Catholic foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), that  the consequences of this wave of terrorism have been terrible for the Church.

Apart from sometimes attacking Christian churches, the terrorists also kidnap foreign missionaries, priests, seminarians and men and women religious and a  growing number of parishes ahave been bandoned by the faithful  because of fear of attacks.  

He confirmed that half of the territory is controlled by jihadist groups that want to impose Islam on the whole country. “The terrorists want to eradicate this society and all who do not profess the same brand of Islam, including Muslims, which means that the terrorism is now aimed at society as a whole,” he said.

He went on to identify the jihadist group dubbed “Support Group for Islam and Muslims” as the most notorious in the West African natoion, adding that the group’s “actual goal is to oppress today's society, which is a multi-religious society of dialogue and coexistence.”

Terrorism-related deaths in the Sahel are 43 percent of the global total

According to the 2023 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), terrorism-related deaths in the Sahel represented  43 percent of the global total in 2022, up from just 1 percent in 2007, with Burkina Faso and Mali, accounting  for 73 per cent of terrorism deaths in the Sahel and 52 per cent of all deaths from terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa.

Both countries recorded substantial increases in terrorism, with deaths in Burkina Faso increasing by 50 per cent to 1,135 and in Mali by 56 per cent to 944. Attacks in these countries are also becoming more deadly, with the number of people killed per attack increasing by 48 per cent from 2021.

The escalation in violence in Burkina Faso has also spread to neighbouring countries, with Togo and Benin recording their worst GTI scores on record.

In March last year, a delegation of 10 West African Catholic and Muslim religious leaders from Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Ghana met  the U.S. legislators “to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in the Sahel region,” the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the humanitarian arm of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), reported.

Retired Catholic Priest and his Sister Murdered

 

Catholic Priest With 50 Years Of Service

 And His Sister Killed In Florida

 Shooting Spree

(OSV News) — A retired Florida Catholic priest and his sister were killed in a multi-location rampage that also took the life of another man, left two police officers injured and ended with the death of the suspect.

Father Robert Hoeffner and his sister, Sally Hoeffner, were found slain at a Palm Bay, Florida, residence on the evening of Jan. 28, as police investigated a domestic disturbance at another area home that turned deadly.

Earlier that day, Palm Bay police had been summoned to a home at which 24-year-old suspect Brandon William Kapas was reported to be damaging property at a birthday party. Kapas’ uncle advised responding officers that his nephew might have weapons on his person and in his vehicle, according to Palm Bay Police Chief Mariano Augello, who briefed reporters during a Jan. 29 media conference.

Augello said that Kapas exited the home and headed for the car, ignoring the commands of officers, who tasered Kapas and engaged in a brief struggle from which the suspect fled. During an exchange of gunfire, two police officers sustained injuries from which Augello said they are expected to recover.

Additional law enforcement responded, with Kapas allegedly shooting and killing his grandfather who was reportedly attempting to intervene. During the subsequent engagement with police, Kapas was killed.

Upon investigation, police learned the vehicle in Kapas’ possession, which contained numerous weapons, had been stolen from Father Hoeffner and his sister, whose bodies were then discovered at their home.

Police have not disclosed a motive for the shootings.

Public records show Kapas had been arrested in December for driving under the influence of alcohol and for reckless driving, and in August 2019 for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and resisting arrest.

OSV News has reached out to the Orlando Diocese and is awaiting a response to its request for comment by Orlando Bishop John Noonan.

Father Hoeffner — who retired in 2016 as pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Palm Bay — celebrated his 50th jubilee as a priest in April 2023.

According to a jubilee notice published by the Orlando Diocese in March 2023, Father Hoeffner was born in Rochester, New York, before his family moved to Fort Pierce, Florida, when he was still a child. He discerned Jesus Christ calling him to the priesthood in middle school, thanks in part to three family friends who were priests. He enrolled in St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami at age 14, and then St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.

Ordained in April 1973 by Bishop William D. Borders, Father Hoeffner was first assigned to Good Shepherd Parish in Orlando. He then taught at Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando and later directed the San Pedro Spiritual Development Center in Winter Park, Florida.

After earning a degree in liturgical studies from The Catholic University of America in Washington, Father Hoeffner became the Orlando Diocese’s liturgy director and master of ceremonies for the late Bishop Thomas J. Grady. While in that role, he began what would become a 28-year run of celebrating Mass for television broadcasts in five dioceses.

“I enjoyed doing that. I remembered walking into a McDonalds in Georgia on a youth group excursion and someone said, ‘You’re the TV priest!’ The Mass was shown in five dioceses. I’m proud to have been a part of that,” Father Hoeffner said in the diocesan jubilee notice.

Father Hoeffner was tapped by Bishop Grady in 1987 to be the founding pastor of St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Orlando, launching the community with 100 families and celebrating Mass in a V.F.W. hall.

In 1998, he transferred to St. Joseph Parish in Palm Bay to be closer to his ailing parents. While there, he established a trilingual parish council for the English-speaking, Hispanic and Filipino communities, and also opened a chapter of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

“I’ve had a glorious ride. I’m proud to serve and do wonderful things for wonderful people. I enjoy doing that,” Father Hoeffner said in his jubilee reflection for the diocese. “I’ve spent 50 years doing absolutely incredible things and I am thankful to God for it.”

Catholic Bishop condemns the mass shooting in Jacksonville

 

Florida Bishop Condemns Racially Motivated Shooting In Jacksonville

(OSV News) — A Florida Catholic bishop condemned a racially motivated shooting that took place late Aug. 26 at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, saying, “Violence and bigotry have no place in our hearts or our society.”

“A senseless act of violence claimed the lives of three individuals in our community,” Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine, Florida, said in a statement shared Aug. 27 with OSV News. 

“It has come to light that the shooter’s motivations were fueled by hatred and bigotry, as he targeted innocent lives solely because of their race,” said Bishop Pohlmeier, whose diocese has its offices in Jacksonville. “This reprehensible act reminds us of the deep-seated wounds that still afflict our society — wounds rooted in prejudice and racism.”

A white gunman, identified by authorities as 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, fatally shot three Black people at the Dollar General store in an attack authorities said they were investigating as a racially motivated hate crime. Authorities said he fired 11 rounds at one woman sitting in her car, before he entered the store and shot two more people.

Palmeter was armed with an “AR-15 style” rifle with swastikas on it, as well as a handgun, and was wearing a tactical vest, authorities said. The gunman died after shooting himself. 

Sheriff T.K. Waters of Jacksonville said at a press conference that “this shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people,” Waters said, adding there were “several manifestos” by the killer detailing his hatred of Black people.

“The hate that motivated the shooter’s killing spree adds an additional layer of heartbreak,” Waters said.

Bishop Pohlmeier called on Catholics to “pray for the victims and their families during this painful time.”

Shocking, unprecedented martyrdom of Christians in Nigeria

 

Burnt church in Maiduguri, Nigeria  (Copyright: Aid to the Church in Need)

CHURCH

• NIGERIA
• VIOLENCE
• RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

Over 50,000 Christians killed in Nigeria by Islamist extremists

According to the report “Martyred Christians in Nigeria” issued by Intersociety, over the past 14 years at least 52,250 Nigerian Christians have been brutally murdered at the hands of Islamist militants.

By Lisa Zengarini

Over 50,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since the outbreak of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in 2009, a newly-released report published by a Nigerian non-governmental organization has revealed.

The report, titled “Martyred Christians in Nigeria”, has been published by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), a Nigerian-based research and investigative rights group, which has been monitoring and investigating religious persecution and other forms of religious violence by State and non-State actors across Nigeria  since 2010.

52,250 Nigerian Christians murdered since 2009

According to its findings, over the past 14 years at least 52,250 Nigerian Christians have been brutally murdered at the hands of Islamist militants, more than 30,000 of whom during the eight-year presidency of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, often criticized during his tenure for not doing enough to combat growing insecurity in the country.  

18,000 churches set on fire

In the same period 18,000 Christian churches and 2,200 Christian schools were set ablaze. Approximately 34,000 moderate Muslims also died in Islamist attacks.

The outlook for 2023 does not seem any better, with over 1,000 Christians killed since the beginning of the year.

Within the same period, at least 707 Christians were kidnapped, out of which the Northern Nigerian Niger State recorded more than 200 abductions, including 14 March 2023 abduction of over 100 Christians in Adunu (Paikoro). At least 101 anti-Christian abductions were recorded in Kaduna while other affected States include Katsina, Taraba, Edo, Ogun, Nassarawa, Kwara, Kogi, Borno, Yobe and Adawama Bauchi, Enugu, Imo, Kebbi, Gombe, Bayelsa and Cross River.

Boko Haram and Fulani Muslim herders 

Christians risk their lives not only at the hands of Boko Haram,  but also of ethnic Fulani Muslim herders who have joined Islamist extremist groups.

The attacks have led to mass forcible displacement. About 5 million Christians have been displaced and forced into Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps within Nigeria and refugee camps at regional and sub-regional borders, the Intersociety report says.

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Open Doors' and ACN's reports

The Intersociety report confirms that Nigeria has become one of the most dangerous places to live for Christians in Africa.

This was also stated in the 2023 Watch List released in January by Open Doors,  the interdenominational foundation that supports persecuted Christians in the world. According to that report, Nigeria accounts for 89% of Christians martyred worldwide. 

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)  has also given voice to the thousands of Christians persecuted for their faith in Nigeria. In its latest annual report the Pontifical Foundation supporting the Catholic faithful and other Christians where they are persecuted, reported that more than 7,600 Nigerian Christians were murdered between January 2021 and June 2022.

Man accused and arrested for the brutal murder of Covington Priest and devoted church worker pleads not guilty

 

Man accused of murdering Covington priest and assistant pleads not guilty to all charges

COVINGTON, La. (WGNO) — A man accused of the brutal murder of a North Shore priest and his assistant appeared in court for the first time in the case on Tuesday.

At an arraignment, 49-year-old Antonio Donde Tyson pleaded not guilty to all charges related to the deaths of Fr. Otis Young and caretaker Ruth Prats after their bodies were found “burned beyond recognition” in late November.

Police say Tyson was seen on surveillance video at Prats’ home crouching behind her door with what appeared to be a knife behind his back. Later, Officers say that he was seen driving off in Prats’ car.

At court today, Antonio Tyson’s sister said, “I don’t know what to believe. I really don’t know. We can’t help the situation with my brother. We are sorry for their loss, but they are up there staring at us like we did something.”

In regards to the not guilty plea, Tyson’s lawyer said, “Well, I think it speaks for itself.” He went on to say the next step is a court hearing dealing with the documentation of DNA evidence.

The St. Tammany Parish District Attorney says they are on track to seek the death penalty in this case.

“I’ve heard what the DA’s said about this and we will leave it at that,” Cuccia said.

There was an outpouring of love and support for Father Otis and Ruth Prats.

“She’s everywhere. Everywhere we look, anything that’s elegant, classy, holy. That’s a reminder of Ruth. That’s a reminder of Father Otis,” Ruth’s Friend Celie Clark said.

“Every minute we don’t have them is sad for us. We just hope to continue to learn from the example they set for us,” Clark said.

Both Fr. Otis and Prats were pillars of their church community at St. Peter Catholic Church in Covington.

The next court hearing regarding the DNA evidence is scheduled for April 18th.

Tyson is currently in Angola Prison, after he tried to escape from a St. Tammany Parish jail.

Tyson has previously served a 40-year sentence for forcible rape, a 40-year sentence for armed robbery, and a 30-year sentence for aggravated burglary, all to run concurrently. Earlier this month, he was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder.