GUILTY LA - Delores Roberson Joseph, 31, Patterson, 26 Feb 2009

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3 March 09

Patterson police have named the husband of a woman missing since Thursday night as a person of interest in her disapperance.

Family members said Delores Joseph left her home around 11 p.m. Thursday, telling her oldest son that she was going to a store to buy cigarettes. She has not been seen or heard from since.

Both Joseph’s mother, Sheila Roberson, and Patterson Chief of Police Patrick LaSalle said the couple does have a history of abuse.


LaSalle said Joseph is currently being held in jail on two counts of domestic violence for incidents unrelated to Delores Joseph’s disappearance.


Roberson said the family does not suspect anyone else in her daughter’s disappearance.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/police/40696652.html

5 March 09

The missing woman’s car was found Tuesday in Morgan City, according to family members.

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Joseph is the mother of three children, ages 14, 12 and 3.

She is described as a black woman with brown hair, brown eyes, 5-feet 6-inches and 160 pounds.

She has tattoos of two of her children’s names, Qualand and Ayeala, on her arms along with other tattoos on her chest.

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No age given.

Husband to face murder charge

St. Martin Parish deputies Thursday discovered the body of a Patterson woman who had been missing since Feb. 26.
The remains of Delores Roberson Joseph, 31, were found in a canal near Stephensville, and authorities said they were obtaining an arrest warrant for her husband, Dwayne LaKeith “Keke” Joseph, 32, of Houma.
The body was located in the Harbor Estates Canal off La. 70 in Stephensville. An autopsy has not yet been completed.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/police/40829882.html

From February 2011:

http://www.techetoday.com/houma-man-guilty-drowning-wife-life-will-be-spared

Houma resident Dewayne Lakeith Joseph, 32, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his wife, Delores, here last week. Sentencing was set for today, Feb. 9, but the death penalty was taken off the table due to a finding by a court-ordered examination that Joseph is mentally challenged.

Joseph, who had a history of domestic violence against his spouse with at least two prior complaints, murdered his wife late Feb. 26 or early Feb. 27, 2009, after she met him there to pick up money to take their child, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, to New Orleans for treatment.

Joseph beat her unconscious then taped her hands, feet and mouth, chained her to a dolly, loaded her into the trunk of her Buick and threw her into Harbor Estates Canal in Stephensville, resulting in her drowning.

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