Don’t blame the serial killer for Kassie’s murder
Three years ago, Bayou Justice examined the 1999 murder of Ponchatoula native, Kassie Federer. We revisit today because Kassie Lynn Federer’s killer may still walk among us. Police have conveniently blamed a serial killer for her murder, but DNA can be fallible, and even monsters need motive and opportunity.
Serial shooter targeting New Orleans highways?
Thursday night, July 1, 2021, at 7:48, a 911 call alerted the New Orleans Police Department to another interstate highway shooting. Someone shot a man driving in a westbound lane on I-610 near Paris Avenue. Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to a hospital in critical condition. Officials released no additional details from the shootings, no description of the sniper or sniper vehicle, and no likely motives, nor have they confirmed connections between the shootings.
Shotgun blast kills Governor’s cousin in Amite
May 11, 1959: “A 35-year-old Independence man is being held in the parish jail on murder charges in the shotgun slaying of Louis Davis, 58, in an Amite bar at 5:40 Saturday evening, May 9, 1959. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Tom Sanders identified the suspect as Claude King.”
Death of New Orleans porn actress a mystery
On August 22, two days after NOPD released the notice, Jessica’s sisters, Amanda and Audra, arrived in New Orleans with their cousin Doug. Before meeting with detectives, Doug suggested checking the Lakeview neighborhood near Jessica’s home to consider how they might organize a search party. Two blocks from Jessica’s apartment, near Kenilworth and Orleans, riding with car windows down, they noticed a foul smell, and stopping at the park, they found Jessica’s body, lying in the grass, and decaying in the sun.