ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY)- A year after the death of her son, 20-year-old Javaris Ellis, Christy Ellis is pleading for help in St. Landry Parish, questioning the ruling of his death as a suicide.

Javaris Ellis was found dead in a field behind a trailer on Compress Road on Sept. 11 of last year. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office ruled his death a suicide, but Christy Ellis believes there is more to be uncovered in the investigation.

Since then, the family of Javaris has been grieving, but also searching for answers. Javaris' mother, Christy Ellis, said she believes her son was shot from behind and said the bullet was behind his head, just above his ear.

"They say he committed suicide, no he didn't, he was shot behind his head, my son don't even like his foot wet," said Ellis.

Ellis said she has provided evidence to investigators with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office that she believes there is possible involvement from other individuals. This has been a source of frustration for her, as she believes someone knows what happened but is not coming forward.

"I went there last month, and now I've been told they need somebody to speak up because it's not going to hold in court, like I told the detective who y'all want to speak up because they're not going to tell on themselves, whoever knows what happened, nobody's talking," said Ellis.

Christy described Javaris as a loving man who enjoyed making others smile and insists that he didn't deserve to die this way. She remains determined to fight for justice for her son.

"I've done all I can, and still I'm fighting, and I'm not gonna stop until justice is served for my son," said Ellis.

All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by KLFY. Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat from a broadcast script into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by KLFY staff before being published.

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