BATON ROUGE - A deputy has been disciplined for not checking the National Crime Information Center Database before initiating the release of an inmate who later killed his girlfriend, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Steven Heinrich was on active probation , bonded out of jail and killed his girlfriend, Stasy Charles, according to prosecutors.

Through court records and other reports, the WBRZ Investigative Unit established a timeline of the events leading up to the stabbing death of Charles and the day Heinrich bonded out.

NOV. 6, 2025

12 p.m. - An Assistant District Attorney from New York calls BRPD and asks that Heinrich not be able to bond out. They requested a hold due to the new arrest, which violated the rules of his probation.

4:30 p.m. - Heinrich posts

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