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Sheriff: 3 killed in Louisiana plane crash identified

Brown says the single-engine Cessna was heading from Jackson, Mississippi, to Shreveport in northwest Louisiana when it crashed north of Chatham on Highway 34.
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CHATHAM, La. — Authorities in Louisiana say three people are dead after a small plane crashed. 

Jackson Parish Sheriff Andy Brown identified the men as Chris Mudd and Wade Williams both from Shreveport-Bossier, and airplane pilot Robert Gilliam of Minden. 

Brown says the single-engine Cessna was heading from Jackson, Mississippi, to Shreveport in northwest Louisiana when it crashed north of Chatham on Louisiana Highway 34. 

State Sen. Jay Luneau says Mudd was the chief executive of St. Amant's Rehabilitation Services company and Williams was an employee. Details regarding the cause of the crash weren't immediately known. 

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