A 37-year-old Lafayette man was arrested June 3 for his role in a suspected homicide. Police were called to the scene at 12161 Flagg Drive the day before.
According to the arrest affidavit, Anthony Robert Franchitti was standing at the scene when officers arrived. He had his criminal defense attorney at his side.
Franchitti’s defense attorney, in fact, had placed the call to 9-1-1, according to the arrest affidavit. She told dispatchers that a man had been shot and was not responding to CPR.The home at 12161 Flagg Drive in Lafayette. Inside the home, Lafayette Police Department officers found the body of a man lying face down in the doorway of a bedroom. There was a pool of blood around his head, according to the affidavit.Those details, plus the fact “there appears to be some amount of that had transpired” between the deceased’s death and the call placed to 9-1-1, investigators applied for and were granted a search warrant for the entire property.
Investigators also found a .40-caliber handgun and a partially loaded magazine in the saddle bags of Franchitti’s 2018 Harley Davidson motorcycle. The ammunition matched the type of shell casings found near the body, per the affidavit. Additionally, investigators noted cleaning supplies – a mop and bucket of water, a carpet cleaning machine, and several containers of bleach – items which were distinct given the “generally unclean” condition of the house, as stated in the affidavit.Franchitti was formally charged with 1st Degree Murder on Wednesday. He is scheduled to appear in court July 8 for a preliminary hearing.
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