Garrison Cole Gautreaux, 17, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the chest in his vehicle in a parking lot on East Louisiana Avenue in Rayne, Louisiana, in the early morning hours of May 16, 2021. A junior at Notre Dame High School, he was active in the school’s football and baseball teams and the 4-H Club and is remembered by the community for enjoying hunting, fishing and time with family and friends.

The death was investigated as a homicide. Rayne police, with assistance from other agencies, identified and arrested two men in connection with the case: Scott Allen Cooper, 41, of Church Point, and Robert Allen Moreno, 41, of Houston. An Acadia Parish grand jury indicted both men on second-degree murder charges; each was held at the Acadia Parish Jail on bond set at $5 million. Cooper has a prior murder conviction that was later overturned, and his jury trial in the Gautreaux case has been scheduled for October 2025.

If anyone knew Garrison or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.