Who killed Buffy and Momma McKenzie?
In the early morning hours of May 23, 1992, in the hilltop community of Angie, outside Pine, Louisiana, Washington Parish Justice of the Peace James McKenzie returned home from a fox hunting trip to find the bodies of his wife and daughter lifeless in the driveway.
Breakthrough in Barbara Blount case?
Last week, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard told reporters his office has new information on the 2008 disappearance of Barbara Blount.
“Right now, we have gotten some information that I feel is going to be very good information. Of course, we have to work through it to make sure it’s credible and what we need. But I have a really good feeling that this is going to put another piece in the puzzle and help us find Barbara Blount and [find out] what actually happened to her,” the sheriff said. “I’m really proud about this, but I don’t want to get too excited because, again, in ...
Justice catches up with Goodyear Killer
Last week, we recounted the multiple crimes of the Goodyear Killer, 23-year-old Charles Ray Spears of Greensburg, and the many times he escaped justice. After a defense attorney used police collaboration to build a case for coercion, the New Orleans District Attorney dropped all charges in the murder of Ernest Smith. In Slidell, Judge Wallace Edwards sentenced David E. Lewis to die following the robbery of the Champagne Jewelry Store, the near-death of store clerk Betty Hodge Graves, and the execution of Sergeant Earl Alfred, the first black officer to serve with the Slidell police department.
Goodyear Killer’s rampage remembered
Before newspapers across the state labeled him the Goodyear Killer, 23-year-old Charles Ray Spears escaped from the Jackson Barracks work-release center run by the Louisiana Department of Corrections, where he served time for petty theft. Eleven days later, he landed in Hammond, where he handcuffed two employees of the Goodyear Tire Center back-to-back and shot them in the head.