Arthur Smith

**Arthur James Smith** is a councilman for Terrebonne Parish

## Early life and Adulthood

Arthur was born in 1974 in Houma, LA. Much like his older sister Oneida, not much is known about his childhood. He graduated high school in 1992 and went to The University of Louisiana-Lafayette to study political science. He met his future wife, Madeline, at a dive bar in downtown Lafayette in 1995. After he graduated from college in 1998, he moved back to his hometown with Madeline, and he ran for a council seat. In 1999, he won the council seat and immediately got to work on fixing any issue he could in his district.

He married Madeline in 2000 and wanted to start a family. Unfortunately, the couple ran into fertility issues, with Madeline having three miscarriages in a row. Eventually, the couple decided to adopt a child in early 2008. With Madeline being of Serbian descent, the couple decided to fly to Serbia and adopt a child. They ended up adopting a newborn baby named Sebestyen whose birth parents died in a motor vehicle accident. Once the couple got back to America however, Madeline discovered she was pregnant. The couple fully expected another miscarriage, so they didn't get their hopes up. Amazingly, Madeline did not suffer a miscarriage and gave birth to the couple's second child, a girl named Mariah in 2009. Now juggling two babies, the couple relied on Arthur's sister Oneida for help. Although she was a busy woman herself, she had no problems helping the couple with their kids when needed. The village mentality really helped the children growing up as they are both honor roll students as of 2024. As for Arthur, he became a local celebrity of sorts after his hard work in the community began paying dividends. Right before his untimely death in 2024, Arthur successfully fought for a levee project along a portion of Louisiana's coastline to protect from hurricanes.

### Death

In early 2023, Arthur began secretly dating a man named Damien Lix aka LixD. The lovers would meet up at a hotel twice a month on Wednesday nights. This usually began with a call from LixD on Tuesday evenings before Arthur went on his normal Tuesday night jogs in the park. In January 2024, LixD found out that he was HIV positive, and was urged by his doctor to tell all his sexual partners this information. LixD was a very promiscuous man and had many lovers, but he didn't want Arthur to know this. LixD called Arthur to break the news to him, and Arthur immediately becomes hostile towards him. Arthur ends the phone call telling LixD to never contact him again and calls him a sexual slur. LixD is extremely upset by this and tries over the next month and a half to get in contact with Arthur. Arthur, getting tired of LixD trying to contact him, gets in touch with a local hitwoman, who only goes by "GR". He pays the hitwoman $5,000 to kill LixD. However, only a few days later LixD would contact the same hitwoman and pay her $3,900 to kill Arthur. The hitwoman not wanting to let two clients down, agrees, but doesn't tell LixD a thing. The pair goes to the park on a Tuesday evening to do the hit. GR is upset that Arthur is not jogging like he usually is, and calls out LixD for not knowing enough about his ex. A small argument ensues, and GR takes LixD to a secluded corner of the park to come up with another idea. GR immediately strangles LixD to death and leaves his lifeless body there, GR then confronts Arthur to one, tell him that she completed the hit on LixD, and two, she is there to do vice versa. Arthur begs for his life, but it falls on deaf ears. GR shoots Arthur six times and runs off into the night. Officer Karim Eid was the one to respond to the shooting and was able to identify Arthur from his driver's license which was in his pocket. Officer Karim delivers the bad news to Arthur's family, who are clearly distraught by this news. Arthur's funeral took place on March 16, 2024, and according to his sister Oneida, he was cremated, and his ashes were scattered on their parents' grave.