MUS-2026-0067
Archive card
MUS-2026-0067
Homicide
- Incident
- 2017
- Indexed
- Oct 3, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Lacombe LA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Nanette Krentel, 49, a retired preschool teacher, was found shot in the head inside her deliberately torched home in Lacombe, Louisiana on July 14, 2017. No soot in her lungs indicated she was dead before the fire started. Her husband, Steve Krentel, a local fire chief, was officially cleared by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office and must be presumed innocent; he was never charged. No other suspects were ever charged and no arrests have ever been made.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2017
Nanette Krentel, 49, is found shot in her deliberately torched Lacombe home on July 14.
- 2017
Her husband, local fire chief Steve Krentel, is officially cleared by investigators.
- 2023
Coverage describes the case as unsolved; no arrests have ever been made.
Key people
The people in the file.
49, of Lacombe, Louisiana. Found shot inside her torched home on July 14, 2017.
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Investigating agency
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