Photo: East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Dept.
Templet, 53, had been shot in the head and torso. His 17-year-old son, Anthony Templet, told police he had shot his abusive father in self-defense.
Anthony Templet told police he went back to his bedroom, but his father followed him and initiated a physical altercation.
According to police documents, Anthony told police that he grabbed two guns and shot his father three times before calling 911.
Police initially charged Anthony Templet with attempted manslaughter. After his father died in the hospital, they upgraded the charge to manslaughter,WBRZ reports.
Natasha told the station that she and her mother had posted missing flyers around Baton Rouge — but never found Anthony.
PEOPLE confirms that there is no missing person report for Anthony listed with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), but authorities say that they are investigating the circumstances of the 2008 disappearance.
The District Attorney, Hillar Moore, tells WAFB that his office is in contact with several of Anthony’s relatives. “We will speak with them and review whatever information anyone has before deciding what action to take,” Moore told the station.
Anthony Templet’s attorneys say that their client is not guilty, but is a victim of tragic abuse.
“Was this kid set up for this kind of behavior?” attorney Jarrett Ambeau said to WAFB. “Was this an inevitable act from this young man given the history of abuse, the systematic and lifelong abuse that he had endured at the hands of his father?”
Templet remains in custody. He is being held on $100,000 bond.
source: people.com
