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Reputed gangster sentenced in Livingston murder

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the 21st Judicial Court issued a news release regarding the 2019 murder of Livingston Parish resident Jessica Clark. However, the brief does not recount the convicted murderer’s extensive arrest record. Anthony Terrell removed his ankle monitor nine days before killing his wife without arousing police suspicion.

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93-year-old Bourbon Street conman wins again

In the old carnival game Razzle Dazzle, con artists reeled in unwitting victims through an unwinnable arcade gambling contest. On March 9, 2004, Louisiana’s State Police exposed a similar scam in New Orleans. In that case, emanating from a Bourbon Street T-shirt shop, losing bettors got duped a second time trying to report the confidence game to the New Orleans Police Department.

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DNA investigator to tackle Lady in the Lake case

If you watched the Netflix documentary series, “I Just Killed My Dad,” you know DNA Researcher Shayna Landry. However, you may not know the Baton Rouge Civil Engineer lives in Livingston Parish. And this week, she offered to help Bayou Justice evaluate DNA related to the Lady in the Lake case discussed earlier this summer.

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Holden black widow escapes Angola electric chair

Margaret Jean Davis admitted to shooting her common-law husband on August 9, 1961, inside their home one mile south of Holden. Robert Ellis Harrison’s homicide marked the third time Margaret Jean became widowed after a suspicious and violent death.

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