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Modaro Stacy Francisco

APSO investigating a homicide near Marksville

A man from Ball was killed in Marksville Saturday morning, March 17, and a Marksville man has been charged with second degree murder.
The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a call about a fight, and a man with a knife on Anthony Grundy Road around 9 a.m. Saturday. Moments later, APSO got another call requesting an ambulance on the intersection of Bordelon Road and Spring Bayou Road. Deputies and Acadian Ambulance responded finding a silver Honda car occupied by a 21 year old female and the victim, Jacob L. Rollins, 22, of Ball. Police found Rollins with a stab wound to his upper left torso. Rollins was brought to the Avoyelles Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
After searching the area, deputies found Modaro Stacy Francisco, 42, behind a home on Bordelon Road. He was arrested, and was later identified by the female, who was with Rollins, as the person who stabbed Rollins.
APSO said the stabbing happened after Rollins, Francisco, the female, and another female, left the Paragon Casino together earlier in the morning. APSO suspects the group was using Francisco to buy narcotics from, but an argument broke out between Francisco and Rollins.
A witness saw the two men exited the vehicle and started fighting on Anthony Grundy Road, and Francisco allegedly stabbed Rollins shortly after. After the stabbing Rollins got back into the vehicle and he and the two females fled the area. A short time later one of the females exited the vehicle on foot and fled. Police found Rollins and the first female at the corner of Bordelon Road and Spring Bayou Road. The female who fled was later picked up by Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The knife has not been found yet, and APSO said Francisco admitted to everything except for the stabbing.
Francisco, of 708 Deanna Drive in Marksville, has been charged by APSO for second degree murder and is being held on a $500,000 bond.

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