‘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.
FBI still searching for Hazel Head
In August 1998, a woman calling herself “DeAnna Wray” placed an advertisement in the personal sections of several Louisiana newspapers seeking victims. Wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hazel Head has been featured on both the Unsolved Mysteries and America’s Most Wanted television programs.
Cold case resolved in dating app murder
When Shawn Arthur’s family asked the New Orleans Police Department to do a wellness check at his apartment on February 25, 2017, they did not expect NOPD to find a corpse.
One year later, no arrest in Allie Rice murder
However, today, September 16, 2023, Allie’s murderer has walked free for a year.