Murder of Lafayette woman started with an accident, killer says

LAFAYETTE -- The 33-year-old Louisiana man convicted of killing a Lafayette college student says in a videotaped confession that he accidentally drove into her as she was riding her bike just before 2 a.m. May 19.

 Brandon S. Lavergne of Swords in St. Landry Parish said he aruged with Michaela "Mickey" Shunick, 21, about how much he should pay for her damaged Schwinn bicycle and that she threatened to call the police. It was then that he stabbed her, he said.

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