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Two men hired by a rape suspect to kill his victim so she couldn’t testify killed the man’s sister and another woman instead, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Timothy Soginet said Monday. The two women who were shot to death apparently died trying to protect the real victim and fight off the killers. The killing happened in mid-January at a home in Montegut. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Breaux Cormier had been arrested for third-degree rape of a family member, and, as a registered sex offender, likely faced a substantial sentence if convicted. The sheriff’s office said that Cormier hired two men, 25-year-old Andrew Eskine and 22-year-old Dalvin Wilson to murder the victim. All three men face charges in the double killing and are in jail. Soignet said that an initial attempt to kill the victim on an earlier date was unsuccessful and, on the second attempt, Wilson arrived at the home in Montegut on Jan. 13, where he encountered Cormier’s sister Brittany, who told the shooter that she was the rape victim, likely in an attempt to save the real victim. The shooter shot and killed Cormier and a second woman, 37-year-old Hope Nettleton, who apparently attempted to fight off the shooter.