Kip Leblanc
Kip Leblanc, 28, of Chauvin, died on Monday, May 11, 2026, in his cell at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Baton Rouge. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said he was unresponsive in his cell around 7 p.m., about 45 minutes after a routine roll call, and that he was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office said the preliminary indication is suicide, with ligature material around his neck and no obvious signs of trauma. His official cause of death is pending an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says the preliminary indication is suicide, with ligature material around his neck, and the official cause awaits an autopsy.
Reported by: East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.