25 June 2018 :

David Brown was formally sentenced to death by a judge for the stabbing deaths of a woman and her 2 daughters. Brown, 40, White, was sentenced to death back in November 2016 after being convicted for the triple-homicide. As a formality, there is a 2-year waiting period in death penalty cases. The judge in the case, District Court Judge John LeBlanc, was able to officially hand down the death sentence Friday. Brown was arrested and charged in 2012 after he stabbed his Jacqueline Gautreaux Nieves, 29; her 6-year-old daughter, Gabriella Nieves and 20-month-old daughter Isabella Nieves. Investigators believe Brown broke into the Lockport apartment armed with a knife. They suspect he went into one of the bedrooms and sexually assaulted 2 of the victims before stabbing all 3 of them several times each. According to deputies, Brown set the apartment on fire and left. Detectives said they found what they thought was the knife used in the attack on the victims and DNA at the scene that was matched to Brown.