DNA identifies ‘Lady in the Lake’ after 38 years
Nearly four decades after her murder, authorities in St. Tammany Parish say advanced DNA testing has identified the “Lady in the Lake” as Pamela Lee Hupp, a.k.a. Deborah Gail Justice, born in April 1958. According to the sheriff’s office, Hupp was in her early twenties at the time of her murder.
On June 19, 1986, an outdoorsman fly-fishing snagged the woman’s nude body just east of the Interstate 10 twin spans, about fifty yards from the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. An autopsy revealed the woman, who had a plastic bag duct-taped over her head and a 22-pound weight tied to ...
Crime fiction author tackles Louisiana true crime
I met crime fiction author James Patterson at a California writer’s conference over ten years ago. He told me how he studied true crime to stay grounded in his work, and ten years later, he dropped me a note, commending me on a column. He said the case I wrote about would haunt him. He wished he could do more to help but wasn’t sure how.
Nanette Krentel murder featured Sunday night
Sunday night, the Bayou Justice broadcast revisits the 2017 murder of Nanette Krentel in St. Tammany Parish, discussing live comments and theories from viewers and longtime supporters of this newspaper column.
Live Broadcast Sunday Night
Thanks for joining us for Sunday night's Bayou Justice livestream (August 6, 2023 at 6:PM CST) on YouTube. We got much positive feedback and will continue to dive into these cold case crimes next Sunday night.