3rd man arrested in connection to death of Ball man

Another man has been arrested in the kidnapping and death of a Ball man whose body was found in Alexandria earlier this week.

Tremaine Deshun Veal, 20, is the third person arrested by the Alexandria Police Department in the death of Deven Slade Brooks, 27.

Brooks' body was found Tuesday in a city park on Lower Line Street in Alexandria, near the Red River. He had been reported as possibly being kidnapped on the night of Jan. 9.

He had been shot in his head.

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About 12 hours after his body was found, police arrested Terrence K. Lavalais and Jamaria Randle Lavalais, both 21 and from Alexandria. Both were booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on charges of aggravated kidnapping and second-degree murder.

Veal also was arrested on those charges, according to a release.

Terrence Lavalais, also known as Terrance Lavalais, and Jamaria Lavalais, also known as Jamaria Xavier Randle, remain in jail.

The investigation is continuing.

Those who knew Brooks aim to start a nonprofit organization in his memory. A GoFundMe account has been started to accomplish that Brooks was described as "the most loving, kind hearted and sweetest kid."

It stated he was "undeserving of such a tragic and senseless death."

Visit it at https://tinyurl.com/2nz7us8a.

This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: Police arrest third man in kidnapping, death of Ball resident Deven Brooks