Murder in the Bayou
Who Killed the Women Known As the Jeff Davis 8?
New York : Scribner, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: xxii, 245 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the town of Jennings, in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. They had all engaged in sex work as a means of survival, and they came to be called the Jeff Davis 8. The investigations into their deaths, originally searching for a serial killer, raised questions about police misconduct and corruption.
Contents:
Loretta -- Boom and bust -- Lucky and LeDoux -- Frankie -- Ernestine -- Kristen -- Whitnei -- Gunter and Guillory -- "Death on me": Muggy, Crystal, and Brittney -- The undoing -- "Franklin Richard's coming and hell is coming with him" -- "The past is the past" -- Coda: Boustany and the Boudreaux Inn -- Whistle-blower in white robes.
Subjects:
Murder -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
Serial murders -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
Homicide investigation -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
Police corruption -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
Murder -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
Serial murders -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
Homicide investigation -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
Police corruption -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9781476793252 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245).