DNA may identify ‘Lady in the Lake’ after 36 years
This week, I started conversations between the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office and the Buffalo New York Police Department, asking their labs to coordinate DNA testing. After 36 years, investigators may finally name the 20-something-year-old girl found tied naked to the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain.
Donna Arceneaux investigation grows cold
Two years ago, Bayou Justice recounted the brutal 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux, a 40-year-old hairstylist found dead in her home with a gunshot wound through her chest. Today, police still have no leads in the cold case.
State highways renamed to salute fallen officers
Friday, November 12 at 9 a.m., in a dedication ceremony at the Gordon A. Burgess Governmental Complex in Amite, the State of Louisiana honored Two Tangipahoa Parish deputies and another from Washington Parish by renaming state highways in honor of the fallen officers.
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.