New Orleans man and woman accused of killing witness in insurance scheme
‘Red’ Harris and Jovanna Gardne allegedly involved in murder of person cooperating in inquiry into over 100 staged truck accidents
Two clients of a television stuntwoman-turned-attorney helped orchestrate the shooting death of another of the lawyer’s clients who was cooperating with a federal investigation into their purported roles in an insurance fraud scheme involving more than 100 staged truck accidents, prosecutors allege in a newly obtained indictment.
Ryan “Red” Harris, 35, and Jovanna Gardne, 39, face charges of witness tampering through murder in the 2020 slaying of Cornelius Garrison in New Orleans, according to federal court filings unsealed Monday but arbitrarily withheld from public release by officials until Tuesday.
The pair could be given the death penalty if ultimately convicted as charged in Garrison’s murder.
