Black Drug Dealer Named as Suspect for Slaying of White Business Woman

WDSU
November 6, 2015

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Mary Alvarez was found by her husband in her gardening shop, with a shot to the head.

Police named a suspect Sunday in the killing of a well-known Hammond business woman in 2012.

Authorities with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said Eric Selders is already in jail serving 15 years on a drug conviction and faces additional federal drug charges in Baton Rouge.

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Eric Selders is already serving 15 years for drug distribution.

Investigators said they first received a tip in 2013 that Selders killed Mary Alvarez, and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards worked with federal officials to get Selders off the streets while a case was developed against him.


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