Man Wanted by Shreveport Police for Rape of 86 Year-Old Woman

SHREVEPORT, LA

Detectives with the Shreveport Police Department’s Sex Crime Unit are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect wanted for rape.  An arrest warrant has been issued for 21 year-old Louis James Bates in connection with the rape of a 68- year-old female in February 2024.

Bates faces one count of First Degree Rape (LA R.S. 14:42)

Bates was identified by investigators as a suspect through a match from evidence collected during the victim’s Physical Evidence Recovery Kit.  Bates already has a prior sexual criminal history, which further led investigators to him as a suspect, and substantiated the issuance of the arrest warrant.

Bates could face a life sentence if convicted.  But detectives need your help in locating this dangerous suspect.

Anyone with information who wants to remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 318-673-7373, or log onto www.p3tips.com to submit your tip via the web. For a secure and password-protected mobile app for your smart device, go to the App Store and download the free "P3tips" mobile app. No caller ID, no recorded lines, no tracking cookies, no saved IP address. ANONYMITY IS GUARANTEED!

When using the free downloadable P3 Tips mobile app OR the www.p3tips.com website, both feature very unique integrated Two-Way Dialog capabilities which allow the tipster to come back and provide additional information to their tip at any time. It also provides a secure means for the coordinator to ask the tipster questions pertaining to a provided tip (this is important for the tipster to know because some tips leave detectives requesting further information from the coordinator that only the tipster could provide).

Another reason to use the P3 mobile app or www.p3tips.com website is so that reward information can be given back to the tipster upon request through the same secure and encrypted interface.