Convicted rapist flees before verdict, manhunt underway

A manhunt is underway for a convicted rapist on the run across southeast Louisiana.

Arrest and charges

A St. Tammany Parish jury found Brandon Williams, 38, of New Orleans guilty of second-degree rape and cruelty to juveniles.

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Charges and court proceedings

The charges stem from a domestic violence investigation in Slidell involving a mother and her two children.

Officials said Williams skipped his court date before the verdict was read and fled. See a spelling or grammar error in our story?