Laurent indicted in murder of wife’s 2007 death

A long-running murder case inched closer to trial this morning when an indictment was issued against Leo Laurent, charged with killing his wife in 2007.

Laurent, 31, has been in jail for more than a year in the death of Brandi Hawkins Laurent. The 29-year-old mother of two died in August 2007.

Laurent had told Hancock County deputies his wife disappeared without a trace from their home in the rural Fenton community after the two argued. On Nov. 10, 2007, her body was found by horseback searchers at a crude grave site in the countryside about a mile from their home...