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.
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.