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.
Unsolved serial shootings still plague I-10
In July, I reported on several potentially related shootings on two New Orleans interstate highways. Three months later, the shootings continue, now listing a honeymoon couple and an off-duty police officer among the victims.
Some murders bring empathy, others do not
Throughout September, two deaths mesmerized our media. Following long periods of waiting and wondering, this week law enforcement officials issued an arrest warrant for Brian Laundrie and confirmed that the DNA in the belly of a 12-foot alligator belonged to Timothy Satterlee of Slidell.