Detectives continue search for mother of toddler found dead in trash bag under Huey P. Long WDSU has new information in the death of a two-year-old boy, whose body was found in a trash bag under the Huey P. Long Bridge. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT TODAY FOR THE PARENTS OF TIMOTHY THOMPSON. BOTH NOW FACING SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. HIS FATHER IS IN CUSTODY. BUT GABRIELLE WHITTINGTON REMAINS ON THE RUN. WDSU REPORTER AUBRY KILLION SPOKE WITH THE CHILD'S GRANDMOTHER TODAY ABOUT THE NEW CHARGES. REPORTER: TIMOTHY'S GRANDMOTHER, LAVERNE THOMPSON LIVES IN TEXAS. SHE TOLD ME SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MURDER CHARGE UNTIL RECEIVING MY PHONE CALL TODAY. WHILE IN SHOCK, SHE IS HAPPY THAT JUSTICE IS BEING PURSUED FOR HER GRANDSON >> OH, MY GOD. I LOVE YOU. I MISS YOU. I WISH I COULD JUST HOLD YOU JUST ONE MORE TIME. REPORTER: TIMOTHY THOMPSON'S GRANDMOTHER LAVERNE SAYS SHE WAS THE FIRST TO TIP OFF DEPUTIES WHEN SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER GRANDSON'S WHEREABOUTS. >> I WISH I COULD JUST SEE HIS LITTLE SMILE HIS LITTLE BUBBLY , SMILE JUST ONE MORE TIME. REPORTER SHE SAYS SHE DROVE FROM TEXAS TO HER SON ONTERIO THOMPSON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND GABRIELLE WHITTINGTON'S HOME IN MARERRO LOOKING FOR TIMOTHY. HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. SHE SAYS THEY TRIED TO TELL HER TIMOTHY WAS LIVING WITH FAMILY OUT OF STATE. THE STORY DIDN'T ADD UP. ONCE DEPUTIES GOT INVOLVED, HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN A TRASH BAG NEAR A LEVEE IN A SHALLOW GRAVE IN JEFFERON PARISH. -- JEFFERSON PARISH. >> OH, MY GOD. I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T BREEZE. I JUST FELT LIKE MY WHOLE BODY JUST STOPPED. REPORTER: DEPUTIES ESTIMATE TIMOTHY HAD BEEN IN THE GRAVE FOR TWO WEEKS. >> HIS BODY WAS TOO BADLY DECOMPOSED TO BE IDENTIFIED BY ANYONE. IT HAD TO BE DONE BY DNA. REPORTER: THOMPSON SAYS HER SON HAD STATED THEY WERE BATTLING FINANCIAL ISSUES AND WISHES THE COUPLE WOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH EITHER OF THEIR HEADS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. REPORTER: SHE SAYS WHAT HER SON IS ACCUSED OF DOING IS NOT A REFLECTION OF HER PARENTIN AS FOR WHITTINGTON -- IF SHE SEES THIS STORY TONIGHT WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HER? >> WE NEED ANSWERS. WE WANT ANSWERS. I WANT TO KNOW WHY. I WANT TO KNOW HOW. I WANT TO KNOW WHEN. DIFFERENT PEOPLE CALLING ME . SHE'S ON BOURBON STREET. SHE'S IN CLUBS, GOING TO PARTIES, POSTING VIDEOS LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. IT ANGERS ME BECAUSE I'M THE I INITIATED THE SEARCH. REPORTER: SHE STRUGGLES TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. >> ONE NIGHT WHEN WE WERE DRIVING MY 4-YEAR-OLD GRAND BABY HE LOOKED UP AND THE MOON WAS JUST AS CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL AND THE NORTH STAR WAS SHINING SO BRIGHT AND OUT THE BLUE MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD GRAND BABY SAI , LOOK, MAMA, THAT IS TIMOTHY AND HE'S SHINING DOWN ON US AND THAT HE SAID HE LOVED ALL OF US. REPORTER: NOW NEARLY 2 MONTHS AFTER TIMOTHY'S BODY WAS FOUND, HIS GRANDMOTHER LEVERENE TELLS ME THAT HIS REMAINS ARE STILL AT THE JEFFERSON PARISH CORONER'S OFFICE. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING. AS FOR TIMOTHY'S MOTHER GABRIELLE WHITTINGTON IF YOU HAVE SEEN HER, CALL THE JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SCOTT, BACK TO YOU. SCOTT: THANK YOU. THE NOPD RELEASED DASHCAM VIDEO SHOWING A GUNFIGHT THAT ENDS WITH THE APPARENT SUICIDE OF A CAR THEFT SUSPECT, WHO INITIATED A GUNFIGHT WITH POLICE. INVESTIGATORS SAY BALLISTICS SHOW THAT 37-YEAR-OLD BERNIE PORCHE SHOT HIMSELF WITH THE SAME HANDGUN USED TO WOUND A STATE TROOPER IN AN EARLIE ENCOUNTER ON AUGUST 21ST. THE VIDEO RELEASED TODAY IS TAKEN FROM A DISTANCE AND SHOWS POLICE ON FOOT, APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION. A MAN IDENTIFIED AS PORCHE ENTERS FROM THE RIGHT ARM EXTENDED AS HE RUNS ACROSS THE STREET. AS GUNSHOTS ARE HEARD, PORCHE FALLS. THERE IS SILENCE FOR 5 SECONDS. WE'RE NOT SHOWING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT BUT ANOTHER GUNSHOT IS , HEARD AND A PUFF OF SMOKE SEEN NEAR PORCHE'S HEAD. >> THIS IS WHAT MEN AND WOMEN IN LAW AND SMITH ARE AGAINST EVERYTHING TODAY. THIS IS THE MINDSET. PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT IN THEIR MIND THEY WILL SHOOT IT OUT WITH THE POLICE AND DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO KEEP FROM GOING TO JAIL. THEIR ACTIONS GAVE OUR OFFICERS KNOW CHOICE BUT TO RESPOND WITH DEADLY FORCE. REPORTER A CORONER'S REPORT INDICATES PORCHE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD AFTER SUFFERING TWO POTENTIALLY SURVIVABLE GUNSH WOUNDS. A 43-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND HER DOG WERE KILLED THIS MORNING IN A HOUSE FIRE. KENNER AUTHORITIES SAY THE WOMAN'S BODY WAS FOUND ON A BEDROOM FLOOR. FRIENDS AND RELATIVES SAY THE VICT IM IS SHERRIE STEVENS. SHE LIVED ALONE WITH HER DOG, SADIE. NEIGHBORS SAY THE DOG COULD BE HEARD BARKING FROM INSIDE AND THEY BROKE THROUGH WINDOWS TRYING TO SAVE THE TWO >> MY FRIEND'S DADDY WENT TO THE BACK TO TRY TO BUST DOWN THE SIDE DOOR, AND HE SAID THE HEAT WAS SO STRONG HE COULDN'T GET IN. >> YOU KNOW? AT LEAST SOMEBODY DID TRY TO DO SOMETH ING. REPORTER: FIREFIGHTERS SAY THERE WERE NO SMOKE DETECTORS IN THE HOME AND THE CAUSE IS NOT YET KNOWN. IT'S LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS SLAMMED BUT NOT SLAMMED AS MUCH NOW AS IT WAS EARLIER JUST BEFORE 6:00 THIS EVENING, THE AIRPORT TWEETED ABOUT LIMITED PARKING THEN NO PARKING SAYING THEY NEVER FILL UP ON , LABOR DAY. BUT THIS ONE CAN BE BLAMED ON THE HUGE NUMBER OF LSU FANS HEADING TO GREEN BAY. NOW, TONIGHT, WE ARE TOLD SOME PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT THE AIRPORT ONCE AGAIN.

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