The murder trial of a Bayou Vista man, accused of participating in the gruesome stabbing death of another man in 2013, was set to begin Monday. Tyler James Francis, 22, of Bayou Vista, was scheduled to go to trial Monday in 16th Judicial District Court in Franklin on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the October 2013 stabbing death of Willie O. Francis, 23, also of Bayou Vista, St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court records stated. Court records indicate no familial relation between Tyler Francis and Willie Francis. Louisiana Assistant Attorney General Matthew Derbes is prosecuting the case. Attorney ...