The Louisiana Committee on Parole denied parole to Barry Chalette, DOC number 384712, at a rehearing held July 9, 2025 at the committee’s Baton Rouge headquarters. The panel cited the offender’s refusal of treatment programs and strong opposition from the victim’s family in voting unanimously to deny release.

Chalette, a first-class offender serving a 70-year sentence for manslaughter, told the panel he is awaiting review by the Innocence Project and maintained he has DNA evidence he says would exonerate him. He said he received a hearing notice by mail only a week earlier.

Heather Bridges, who identified herself as the mother of the victim, told the panel, “He killed my daughter. It was proven that he killed her. He does not deserve a second chance.” Bridges said she opposed parole and described statements she said were made by the offender’s family after the victim’s funeral.

Parole staff reported Chalette had refused offender treatment and substance-abuse programming and described him as a medium-custody offender. The panel noted those program refusals and the victim-family opposition in its deliberations. Committee on Parole member LeDoux said she would vote to deny parole on the basis of program refusal and opposition; other panel members concurred and the panel recorded a unanimous vote to deny.

Chalette’s parole eligibility and file history were read into the record; the panel noted he had a prior appearance before the board in 2015. After the vote the chair informed Chalette that his parole had been denied.

The committee’s decision was administrative and applies to Chalette’s current parole application; the panel did not alter his sentence. The denial will be entered in the parole record and any future application will be considered under the board’s procedures.