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.
Retired chief recounts cops, characters, crimes
Researching and writing about crime in South Louisiana, I have befriended numerous retired police officers. I can sit for hours listening to their adventures and misadventures. One such officer is Chief Eugene Fields, who retired from both the New Orleans Police Department and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. Gene is the author of “Cops and Characters in the Big Easy: True Stories Involving Celebrities, Criminals and Everyday People,” a book released this month by Bogart Books.
Assassination witness remembers Faller ambush
On the evening of January 23, 1962, assassins shot and killed a Louisiana public official in Livingston Parish. On Highway 42 near Springville, two or more conspirators ambushed 48-year-old Marketing Commission Executive Secretary Marvin Faller, unaware that two men witnessed the operation.
Livingston bushwhack slaying remains unsolved
In 1961, Governor Jimmy Davis’ number two man in the Louisiana Department of Agriculture killed another man for trespassing on his property east of Tickfaw. However, before the state official stood trial for manslaughter, a gunman killed him on a highway south of Livingston.