Burial
Sr. Prejean and other Catholic nuns took responsibility in ensuring a proper Catholic burial for Patrick Sonnier. The service, which was presided over by the bishop of Baton Rouge, Stanley Joseph Ott (typically unheard of for non-well respected members of the Catholic Church), was held at a Baton Rouge area funeral home. Sonnier was laid to rest in Roselawn Memorial Park, in a burial plot normally reserved for nuns. Among those in attendance was his brother and accomplice, Eddie, who was heavily shackled.
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