Kaegan Jude Solet

Introduction

Kaegan Jude Solet is a 47-year-old Houma, Louisiana man who was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder in September 2026, after a series of stabbing incidents in the Ashland Drive area of Houma left four people dead and a six-year-old boy critically wounded. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office announced arrest warrants for Solet after an extensive investigation into the September 12, 2026 attacks, which killed Verna Mae Verdin, her daughter Letha Verret, her son Paul Verret, and Paul’s partner Krissy Lynn Parfait. Solet, who was himself injured during the incident, was arrested on September 13 after his release from a hospital and formally booked on the charges on September 15. He is being held without bond at the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex.

Background Information

Solet was a 47-year-old Houma resident at the time of the 2026 arrests, and he was known to the victims: according to a relative, he had fathered one of the victims’ children. He was not unknown to local law enforcement before the 2026 case. In January 2019, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office obtained an arrest warrant for Solet in connection with the killing of 41-year-old Kemple Paul Scott Lovell, a homeless man found dead with several stab wounds in Houma; reports indicate Solet was booked with second-degree murder, but a grand jury declined to indict him, citing a lack of evidence. In December 2019 he was arrested again and charged with attempted second-degree murder after a 59-year-old woman, Cindy Boudreaux, was found bleeding in a Houma motel room and accused him of attacking her with a wine bottle before stabbing her repeatedly. In November 2023, a jury deliberated about two hours before finding him not guilty of that charge. That acquittal means Solet carried no convictions for violent crime into the 2026 case, despite two prior arrests for stabbing attacks.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

On Saturday, September 12, 2026, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 200 block of Ashland Drive in Houma after locating a juvenile — a six-year-old boy — suffering from apparent stab wounds. The child, who had been staying the night with his grandmother and great-grandmother, had been attacked by a knife-wielding assailant and sustained multiple stab wounds, then heroically ran to neighbors for help despite his injuries. As the preliminary investigation continued, deputies discovered four deceased victims inside two nearby residences: Verna Mae Verdin, her children Letha Verret and Paul Verret, and Paul’s partner Krissy Lynn Parfait. Detectives identified Solet as a person of interest and began an intensive effort to locate him; he was taken into custody shortly after 10 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, near the neighborhood. Solet had also been hospitalized for injuries that detectives said they “feel very strongly” were suffered during the commission of the crimes, and he remained under continuous supervised detention at an out-of-area hospital until his medical discharge. On September 14, the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney’s Office announced the charges: four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. Solet was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, September 15, and was formally arrested and booked on all charges upon his release, appearing in a sheriff’s office photo in blue scrubs and bright yellow footwear with his left arm in a cast. All of the charges remain allegations that prosecutors must prove in court; Solet has not been tried on them.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The case drew intense local and national attention, particularly because of the six-year-old survivor, who was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition and hailed as a “superhero” for seeking help while wounded. “He knew he was injured and he was just worried about making sure someone knew his family was in trouble,” a relative told WVUE. Sheriff Tim Soignet addressed the community directly: “Our hearts remain with the victims, their families and every member of our community who has been affected by this unimaginable tragedy,” adding that the agency remains “firmly committed to pursuing justice on their behalf.” Solet was booked into the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex and is being held without bond. The sheriff’s office also asked residents to submit home security footage from between Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. that could assist the murder investigation, signaling that officials were still assembling the timeline of the attacks.

Current Status

As of mid-September 2026, Solet is in custody at the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex, held without bond on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. He has been charged but not tried, and no plea had been reported in the days following his booking. The case is being worked as an active and ongoing investigation, with detectives continuing to gather evidence and interview witnesses in coordination with the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney’s Office. A grand jury hearing in the case was reported to be scheduled for October 27, 2026, which will determine whether the case proceeds toward trial. The six-year-old boy who survived the attack remained hospitalized but had been upgraded to stable condition, according to a family update.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The charges place Solet in a position his earlier cases never reached: a district attorney’s office announced four first-degree murder counts against him within two days of the attacks, and a grand jury hearing on October 27, 2026 will determine whether the case proceeds toward trial. The 2026 case also erases whatever distance his prior outcomes gave him: he was never convicted in the 2019 Lovell killing because the grand jury declined to indict, and he was acquitted of the 2019 motel attack on Boudreaux at trial in 2023, but he now stands accused of a five-count violent felony series in the same parish where those earlier cases played out. He is held without bond, meaning he will await the grand jury process and any trial from inside the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex. Until a court rules otherwise, the four murder counts and the attempted-murder count remain accusations — but they are accusations brought by a district attorney’s office working from an investigation that recovered four victims from two scenes and a surviving child witness who ran for help.