17 posts tagged St. Tammany Parish

Odd links in multiple St. Tammany Parish murders

Clarence Chappell Jr. of Folsom lost two parents to homicides, 10 years apart. Questions are still unanswered in both tragedies.

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Homicide

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.

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St. Helena Strangler escapes justice

Monday morning, November 12, 1979, two hunters discovered the body of a teenage boy at a garbage dump in Darlington, east of Greensburg. The circumstances of his death matched at least two others in the area, leading the St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office to suspect they had a serial killer walking among them.

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Sex traffic

Louisiana child sex traffic worse than most admit

A multi-agency South Louisiana task force operation headed by the United States Marshal Service resulted in the arrest of 18 alleged human traffickers and saw fourteen missing children return home to their families. However, the problem of juvenile sex and labor traffic in Louisiana is far greater than most realize or are willing to admit.

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