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flag Christopher Cater convicted of killing and hiding 72-year-old Sheila Ortega in her SUV, then using her identity to steal.

flag Christopher Cater, 43, of southwest Louisiana, has been convicted of first-degree murder and unlawful disposal of remains in the 2023 death of 72-year-old Sheila Ortega, whose body he kept in her SUV for nearly a month. flag Prosecutors said he killed her while intoxicated using blunt force trauma and later used her identity to open loans and max out her credit cards. flag Evidence included Google searches about disposing of bodies and the insanity defense. flag Cater was arrested after his vehicle was found with her decomposed body in a Lake Charles parking lot. flag He faces sentencing on October 7, 2025.

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