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October 2, 2015
Curtis Kyles, the former death row inmate whose 1984 murder conviction was overturned by the nation’s highest court, is headed back to prison for life for killing a Metairie woman. Kyles, 56, of Algiers was convicted Tuesday (Sept. 29) of second-degree murder in the death of Crystal St. Pierre, 26, in June 2010.
Prosecutors said Kyles became enraged after the food stamp card St. Pierre had given him in exchange for cash lacked the correct balance. Kyles and his girlfriend, Chicwanda Forbes, forced St. Pierre from the Cedar Point Apartments in Algiers into their car and drove her to a wooded area in Avondale, where she was killed. Her battered body was found the next day with a gunshot wound to the head from a .38-caliber revolver.
The jury deliberated about two hours, 15 minutes, before reaching the verdict. Judge Glenn Ansardi of the 24th Judicial District Court will sentence Kyles to mandatory life in prison on Nov. 10.
Witnesses said St. Pierre struggled with a drug addiction and had sought treatment at Odyssey House. Her family told authorities that St. Pierre would take coins from from her father when she’d visit his Harvey home to support her habit.
But St. Pierre “was a daughter, she was a friend. She might have done drugs, took things or had a bad habit,” Assistant District Attorney Shannon Swaim said in her closing statement. “That man (Kyles) right there does not determine whether she dies or lives. There is another judge for that.
“It is not this guy,” said Swaim, who prosecuted the case with Assistant District Attorney Clif Milner. “… You are the judge and jury for him today. He’s guilty as charged.”
Kyles attorney, public defender Paul Fleming, told the jury to discount the testimony of Forbes, who cut a deal to save herself. He said the evidence suggests someone else killed St. Pierre and dumped her body, where it was found.
