Keith Madison still missing in Greensburg
Two years ago this month, the daughter of a missing St. Helena Parish man called me, asking Bayou Justice to shine some light on the disappearance of her father, who vanished one year ago from the Hall and Lindsey Road area, a short thoroughfare northwest of Greensburg, between Louisiana Highways 10 and 43.
New Orleans TV star’s murder remains unsolved
The 7-year-old daughter of a New Orleans television star found her mother, Diddie Cooper, naked and strangled on a Sunday morning in 1952.
Still no answers in Diddie Cooper murder
The Times-Picayune newspaper described Diddie Cooper, a New Orleans television personality and mother of three, as an attractive young socialite from a prominent Louisiana family. Her seven-year-old daughter, the newspaper said, found her mother dead in their home on November 30, 1952.
Someone had strangled and bludgeoned Diddie to death with a blunt instrument, one never identified or recovered by the police. The victim wore a blue translucent negligee, turned inside out, and drenched in blood.
New Orleans police made arrests, and the state tried a suspect. Still, today, over a ...
South Louisiana mourns the missing at Christmas
For some, the holidays are not happy times. Instead, it is time to remember and mourn friends and relatives who have vanished without a trace. Perhaps we can help change that for one family this week.