‘Dead’ man returns to Louisiana alive
Sam Jones, 38, told New Orleans States reporter George Jackson he didn’t know until the fall of 1951 that he had been “murdered” in 1949. The lanky six-footer spoke with Jackson that year inside the Denver police station, where police arrested him in the climax of a grotesque case. Back home in Louisiana, Donald Easterwood, a World War II veteran, had confessed to killing Sam Jones and stood trial for his murder.
What happened to Vickie Carriere and her child?
Vickie Lynn Carriere, a petite 18-year-old from Waggaman, Louisiana, expected to have a baby the day reporter Jonathan Eig interviewed her parents. They told him Vickie’s doctor described the mother-to-be and her baby boy as healthy. Scott and Elaine, excited, looking forward to the day they would hold their grandson, paid the hospital bills in advance. However, that day never came. However, that day never came.
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.