KENNER, La.
That call to authorities in March led investigators in the New Orleans suburb to shake the dust off the case files.
Dernell Nelson, 35, of LaPlace, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, police officials said in a statement.
June 17, 2010, when patrol officers were dispatched to a report of gunfire in the 600 block of Farrar Avenue.
Ellsworth, 29, and Davis, 38, were dead in the front seats of the car.
Family members told investigators that even though the couple were no longer dating, they were friendly and co-parented their son together.
The couple, who had been married for about a month, were reported missing by their families on July 9.
Glass, 58, and Williams, 42, had been bound by duct tape and shot in the head, execution-style, before being dumped, the news site said.
Double murder: The bodies of Herbert Glass, 58, and Lynette Williams, 42, were found July 9, 2010, in the waters of Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain.
The couple’s Toyota Camry had been found the day before their bodies surfaced, authorities said.
Relatives told police that they suspected Glass and Williams may have been targeted because of a large insurance settlement Glass had received after his mother’s death.
After the killings, the family found a hole in the couple’s ceiling where Glass had stashed the cash, which they had been spending on gifts for family members and a honeymoon trip to Hawaii scheduled for the month after they died.
Double murder: Pictured is the tree against which Hermania Ellsworth and Charles Davis were found dead in their car after being shot June 17, 2010, in Kenner, La.
There were rumors, however, that Glass and Williams were killed because Williams had witnessed the Ellsworth-Davis murders, NOLA.com reported.