Covington Hitman led rampage after Angola pardon
At dusk, November 20, 1974, hunters discovered what they initially thought was a department store mannequin in a wooded area northeast of Hammond. Bobbye Randall Bond, 27, of Amite, was shot once in the head and once in the chest, days after a New Orleans grand jury subpoenaed her to testify about a narcotics operation extending from New Orleans into Tangipahoa Parish.
Hitman’s rap sheet only scratches the surface
In two earlier installments, we reviewed the early criminal history of the accused Dixie Mafia hitman killed in St. Tammany Parish in 1980. Readers responded to those reports, wanting to know more and asking for evidence of Charlie Thrash’s misdeeds. What follows is the complete Louisiana State Police rap sheet of Charles Olan Thrash.
Questions unanswered in carbon monoxide deaths
Early one Sunday morning, May 11, 1969, two hunters noticed taillights near the Tangipahoa River and discovered the bodies of a Greensburg couple, the parents of seven children, deceased in their car at the bottom of a ravine.
Two mothers fear missing sons murdered
Two mothers in South Louisiana contacted Bayou Justice last week with the same problem. Their adult sons are missing, and police suspect both are dead.