Convicted child killer Gerald Bordelon executed

The state moved forward with its first execution since 2002 as convicted killer Gerald Bordelon was put to death Thursday night for the murder of his 12-year-old stepdaughter.

Bordelon, a convicted sex offender out on parole, strangled Courtney LeBlanc after kidnapping her from her Livingston Parish home at knifepoint and forcing her to perform oral sex on him.

LeBlanc disappeared Nov. 15, 2002, and was found 11 days later when Bordelon led authorities to her body in a wooded area along the Amite River near the Ascension-Livington parishes border.

Bordelon was convicted of the murder in 2006. He waived his right to appeal his death sentence.