La. woman sentenced for killing her boyfriend in 1984 and taking over his business

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (TCN) -- A 60-year-old woman recently pleaded guilty to killing her live-in-boyfriend, who disappeared two years before his remains were found in a well. The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office announced Nov. 13 that a judge sentenced Patricia Tito to life in prison without the possibility of parole for second-degree murder in connection with the death of her boyfriend, 57-year-old Lester Rome. A jury indicted her in December 2023. According to prosecutors, Rome, who owned a lounge on Grand Isle, was last seen on Jan. 9, 1984. The Jefferson Parish