BATON ROUGE, La. — A man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the violent kidnapping and death of a 73-year-old Baton Rouge man last year.

Edward Hayes pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and kidnapping in connection with the 2025 death of Woodrow Vaughn.

Hayes and Breanna Terrance are accused of attacking Vaughn in the parking lot of the AM Mart on Highland Road, then driving away with him in the backseat. Vaughn's body was found three days later at the BREC Lafitte Street Park. 

Terrance faces the same murder and kidnapping charges and will be in court for an arraignment hearing on April 6.