LA - Valerie Wells from CMT's 'Bayou Billionaires' killed in murder-suicide

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A 47-year-old Louisiana woman made famous on a reality TV show was killed in a murder-suicide by a man she had been dating, police said.

Valerie Dowden Wells, whose parents’ rags-to-riches tale turned into CMT’s “Bayou Billionaires,” died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds Monday in the parking lot of a Shreveport McDonald’s, police told KTBS-TV.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...wells-killed-murder-suicide-article-1.2866418

 

[Dockins]

I just finished reading about Valerie. She was my favorite on the show (next to Albert). It's incredibly sad, she battled MS and had children. I related to her a lot. Prayers to her family, as I'm sure they are devastated.