Kevin Kevo Adam Swarers, 45, died after an altercation on August 31, 2024, near Orangefield in the 12000 block of FM 105. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of an unconscious person and found Swarers deceased at the scene. An autopsy has been ordered and the Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating the circumstances of the confrontation.

Investigators say another person who was involved in the altercation was arrested on unrelated charges, but no charges have been filed in connection with Swarers’ death as of the latest reports. Swarers was remembered by family as kind and creative, a painter and woodworker who enjoyed metalwork and time with his grandchildren, who called him Pop Pop. A visitation was held September 6, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with a graveside service at Nibletts Bluff Cemetery in Vinton, Louisiana.

What information do readers in the Orange/Orangefield area have about that stretch of FM 105 on August 31?