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Capital Murder Suspect Returned To Jones County

Date Posted: 02/09/2021

Capital murder suspect Luis Sandoval was booked into the Jones County Adult Detention Center on Thursday, February 4th., after waiving extradition in Louisiana.

He was transported from Tangipahoa Parish by Jones County Sheriff's Department deputies who went there on Wednesday for court proceedings there, where he was captured by Louisiana State Troopers.

Sandoval will make his initial appearance at 1 p.m. Friday in Jones County Justice Court.

He is accused of shooting and killing 27-year-old Efrain Ortiz of Houston, Texas, early Monday in a mobile-home park on Bush Dairy Road, just east of Highway 15.