Pearl River Man Charged With Fatal Stabbing

Slidell Police responded to a domestic related incident on Pine Tree Street Sunday (July 30, 2017) evening and found Douglas Evans (30) of Lacombe suffering from multiple stab wounds. Evans later died at a local hospital. 

Police report that, earlier in the evening, Joseph Thibodeaux (25) of Pearl River was arguing with his fiancé, which escalated to the point of Thibodeaux grabbing a knife. Thibodeaux began threatening to stab multiple people inside of the house. Douglas Evans, the uncle of Thibodeaux’s fiancé, intervened and attempted to deescalate the situation. Thibodeaux turned on Evans and began stabbing him multiple times. Thibodeaux then fled the residence in a vehicle, but was caught later Sunday evening by the Jones County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi.
Thibodeaux waived extradition and was transported back to Slidell, where he now faces a Second Degree Murder charge.