New book explores News Orleans’ Dixie Mafia links
In the 1980s, I began interviewing retired police officers and service workers who worked at businesses linked to reputed organized crime families. Over time, I found those most willing to share were retired burlesque dancers and bartenders from mob-connected clubs. That interview project became the Carnal Knowledge book series, and this week, we released the first in that series, Dirty Phenix: Birth of the Dixie Mafia.
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.
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.
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.