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Attorney Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr.
District Attorney of New Orleans ~ State of Louisiana

1340 Poydras St. Suite 700
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70112
(504) 522-2414
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2009

Truvia Sentenced to Life in Prison

(New Orleans) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. announced that Gregory Truvia was sentenced to life in prison this afternoon for the second-degree murder of his mother, 69-year-old Artherine Williams. In April 2007, Williams was found dead inside of Truvia’s FEMA trailer as a result of blunt trauma to her head and excessive blood loss. At trial last December, the defendant claimed that he was not guilty by reason of insanity, but the jury rejected that defense and returned a guilty verdict.

Assistant District Attorneys Mary Glass and Seth Shute prosecuted this case.
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