Supernatural suspect fled Halloween murder
On Halloween night, 1978, Joel A. Vernon, 23, owner of the Cave Bar in Leesville, Louisiana, stood in the back room of the club with employees James Regallis, 22, and Timothy Bray, 19. The trio stood over Private First-Class Michael E. Melcher, a Madison, Wisconsin soldier stationed at Fort Polk, pressing him to repay his debts, according to police. However, relatives of the bar owner later insisted something supernatural prompted Vernon’s meeting that night with Melcher.
Louisiana child sex traffic worse than most admit
A multi-agency South Louisiana task force operation headed by the United States Marshal Service resulted in the arrest of 18 alleged human traffickers and saw fourteen missing children return home to their families. However, the problem of juvenile sex and labor traffic in Louisiana is far greater than most realize or are willing to admit.
Camping bandit eludes Livingston Parish Sheriff
In Albany, Louisiana, on a Wednesday morning, February 15, 1939, Livingston Parish Deputies Willie Scivicque and P. R. Erwin stopped two couples driving stolen vehicles on the Hammond-Baton Rouge Highway. The lead vehicle, a Ford pickup truck, towed a camper trailer, filled with stolen goods.
Petito death scene recalls Carol Hutchinson slaying
Photos from the Gabby Petito crime scene show police used orange paint to flag the location of over two dozen small bullet-hole-like markings on rocks and trees near her body. Considering this evidence, I believe Gabby’s fiancé chased her with a handgun, continuously firing until the frightened 22-year-old fell dead. No one from South Louisiana will imagine this scene without recalling the murder of Carol Hutchinson.