Louisiana Man Killed After Refusing To Pay For Sex - Woman Allegedly Attacked Him With Scissors

Channel 6 New Orleans ^ | October 8, 2002

[Shermy]

SLIDELL, La. -- A woman allegedly stabbed to death a 75-year-old Slidell man with a pair of scissors because he refused to pay her for sex, Slidell police said.

Tequilla Marie Moreau, 23, also of Slidell, has been booked with the first-degree murder of Ellis Bell, whose body was found by family members Oct. 2 in his bed.

Slidell police spokesman Lt. Rob Callahan said Bell's death was not ruled a homicide until after an autopsy on Friday.

Callahan said Moreau, who was seen outside the man's home the morning he died, was arrested Friday night.

Investigators said Moreau would visit Bell for sex each month after he received his Social Security check. But this month, Callahan said Bell apparently refused to pay Moreau after after a sexual encounter and she became enraged. Moreau then allegedly stabbed Bell more than a dozen times with a pair of scissors, Callahan said.

Under questioning, Moreau initially denied being at Bell's house, then told police she stabbed Bell after he raped her, Callahan said. However, police say doctors found no evidence of rape and the woman later admitted stabbing Bell because he refused to pay her.

Moreau is being held in the parish jail on a $500,000 bond.

[Shermy]

Tequilla Marie Moreau

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

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[My2Cents]

Probably tried to sign over his Social Security check.

[Billthedrill]

Reminds me of a joke:

Q: How do you make a hormone?
A: Don't pay her.

[MarkT]

Well, this is yet another commercial transaction gone bad. Obviously, the woman was an amateur; otherwise, she would have gotten her money up front.

[Dog Gone]

No pay, no play.

[porte des morts]

Slidell police spokesman Lt. Rob Callahan said Bell's death was not ruled a homicide until after an autopsy on Friday.

. Moreau then allegedly stabbed Bell more than a dozen times with a pair of scissors, Callahan said.

What, the detectives needed a second opinion??They think he accidently stabbed himself 12 times.

[thegreatbeast]

You picked up on her name too, huh? Tequila...Tequila, hmm... I don't know...Irish? French Canadian?

[VRWC_minion]

Talk about severe penalties for nonpayment.

[Shermy]

You picked up on her name too, huh? Tequila...Tequila, hmm... I don't know...Irish? French Canadian?

I'm betting she's a ragin' cajun.

[cmsgop]

She got Snippy with him........

[tracer]

D-OH!! You are way too quick!!

[RightOnline]

Wasn't some former terrorist muckity-muck found after offing himself........with over a dozen rounds?:) (I LOVE the Israeli sense of irony.....)

[umgud]

Did she give him a frilly-dilly with pinking shears?

[ambrose]

What, the detectives needed a second opinion??They think he accidently stabbed himself 12 times.

Suicide. Remember the Clinton enemies who'd be found dead from a shotgun blast to the back of the head, but the coroner would rule it a suicide?

[Teacher317]

Now cut that out.
This girl is probably a slice of heaven.
I bet she wore a shear outfit to show off her figure.

[ErnBatavia]

Tequilla Marie Moreau

I gotta start a list - I just gotta.