A LaPlace woman and the hitman authorities said she hired to shoot and kill her ex-boyfriend’s new lover were both convicted of murder on Thursday by a Jefferson Parish jury in a killing that authorities said came after a campaign of harassment that involved voodoo and an attempted frame-up.
Monica Every, 53, was found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit second-degree murder and solicitation to commit murder in the death of Charlene Jones, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office.
Her accomplice and hired gun, Louis Gordon, 37, was also found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit second-degree murder, obstruction of justice and being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon.
Every’s former boyfriend broke up with her on Christmas Day in 2021 and began openly dating Jones — a turn of events the spurned Every could not abide, according to authorities.
Just five weeks later, Jones, a 48-year-old grandmother of eight, was shot dead.
“If Monica Every can’t have him, no one can. That’s what this case is about.” Assistant District Attorney Lindsay Truhe told the court. “[Every] was willing to do what it took to eliminate her.”
Every is the mother of Joshua Every, a man awaiting trial for first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Kenner Raising Cane’s manager Taylor Friloux.
