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Via the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office Facebook: Joey Clement, 39, was sentenced to a combined total of 85 years in the November 2021 killings of three teenagers – Lily Dufrene, Hali Coss and Michaila Bowling.
• Vehicular Homicide – sentenced to 30 years
• Vehicular Homicide – sentenced to 30 years
• Negligent Homicide – sentenced to 5 years
• DWI 4th – sentenced to 20 years
All four sentences are to be served consecutively with the Louisiana Department of Corrections. At trial, expert testimony presented by Chief of Trials Jason Chatagnier and Chief of Violent Crimes Shaun George showed that Clement was traveling between 88 and 93 mph in a 55-mph zone at the time of impact, and had a BAC of .22g%. The three victims’ vehicle was traveling under the speed limit, and the driver, Lily Dufrene, had no alcohol or drugs in her system.