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Jeff Davis Eight
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:20 pm
When I was driving through Jennings yesterday, I thought about a topic that I had heard about before, but had never really known much about, the Jeff Davis 8, the eight women who were found murdered in Jefferson Davis Parish between the years of 2005-2009. There's a very interesting article that was written by investigative journalist Ethan Brown that, for those of you who haven't heard of this or don't know a lot about it, describes the case in full detail.
I know there's been a lot of controversy with this case, and law enforcement in the Jeff Davis area has been one of the key suspects in the murders of the eight women, who were all prostitutes and drug addicts. If you read the attached article, it sheds light on a lot of the mystery surrounding the case. My personal opinion is that it is a saddening tragedy that these young women died the way they did, and I hope that one day, they will have justice. They were on the wrong path in life, yes, but they still did not deserve death, and if law enforcement was involved, it's a shame that the people who are supposed to protect the public took part in murdering citizens.
Those of you who are familiar with the case, and have some thoughts about it, please share. Here's the link I mentioned earlier.
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I know there's been a lot of controversy with this case, and law enforcement in the Jeff Davis area has been one of the key suspects in the murders of the eight women, who were all prostitutes and drug addicts. If you read the attached article, it sheds light on a lot of the mystery surrounding the case. My personal opinion is that it is a saddening tragedy that these young women died the way they did, and I hope that one day, they will have justice. They were on the wrong path in life, yes, but they still did not deserve death, and if law enforcement was involved, it's a shame that the people who are supposed to protect the public took part in murdering citizens.
Those of you who are familiar with the case, and have some thoughts about it, please share. Here's the link I mentioned earlier.
LINK
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:22 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:22 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Being in laff I have heard about this for awhile. Word is its a cop and its known.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:28 pm to GREENHEAD22
GREENHEAD22, I have heard this also, I took a class last semester at my local college and a girl in my class, who is from Jennings, said that the main suspect that a lot of people believe is responsible for their murders is a policeman in Jennings. From reading the article by Ethan Brown, one theory that he writes about that some people in the area believe is what actually happened is that the eight women were present at a drug bust where a man was shot and killed by the police. They witnessed the shooting, and the theory goes is that they were eliminated to preserve the cover-up. The local law enforcement of the area has a bad reputation for corruption and misconduct, so this theory may not sound too farfetched to a lot of people.
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:28 pm to SaintlyTiger88
There was a great thread on this subject months ago. You should try to find it. A ton of great information and twists including media videoed interviews of suspects/family.
I personally don't want to read anymore bbecause the whole thing is so sad.
I personally don't want to read anymore bbecause the whole thing is so sad.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 pm to LT
LT, if you can find a link to that thread for me, that would be awesome, I would appreciate it! I would like to read what others have said about the case.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:39 pm to SaintlyTiger88
SaintlyTiger88
Eta: IMO the most revealing thing in that thread was the link to the article you posted. (Although the input of some locals was interesting)
Eta: IMO the most revealing thing in that thread was the link to the article you posted. (Although the input of some locals was interesting)
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:41 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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They witnessed the shooting, and the theory goes is that they were eliminated to preserve the cover-up.
Makes no sense. Wouldn't the shooting case have progressed over the four years it took to eliminate the witnesses? Wouldn't one of the surviving witnesses have had time to tell what they knew about that shooting over the course of the four years? For your theory to be correct, they would have had to have been eliminated in much quicker succession.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:52 pm to Jake88
Jake88, it's one of the theories that Ethan Brown wrote about in his investigative report as a "possible" explanation for law enforcement involvement in the murders of the eight women. Refer to the link in my original post, the theory is talked about in his report. You are right, it would seem that, if that were really the case, the witnesses would have been eliminated much quicker, however, if the police were involved, maybe it was a scenario where they threatened the women into silence, and as time went by, they feared the women would testify against them, therefore they killed them to silence them forever. That's just a theory, unfortunately as of right now the whole truth has not been revealed, I'm hoping that one day soon it will be.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:54 pm to SaintlyTiger88
True Detective drew a lot from this
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:02 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Good read, thanks.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:09 pm to J311slx
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the article you posted.
After reading this I can say with 100% certainty that Richard knows who did it!
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:48 pm to lsu480
Richard is the key to the whole thing
Posted on 7/18/14 at 12:13 am to J311slx
Thanks for the link J311slx!! 
Posted on 7/18/14 at 1:36 am to SaintlyTiger88
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He has been a central figure in this case for sure. I found an interview on youtube that KPLC did with him, he gives his explanation here, in these two interviews:
Jesus Christ! Watching that is painful, whenever he has to answer a tough question he gives every single tell you look for in someone who is lying. He knows what happened.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:44 am to SaintlyTiger88
quote:The Sheriff responded. He suggests that Brown covers the case in more detail than exists, suggesting he's embellishing having his hands on classified documents.
describes the case in full detail.
Further, there is no logical explanation that a Multi Agency Task Team including members up to the level of the FBI would have anything to do with covering up police murdering women one by one over a very extended period of time inconsistent with them being able to tell whatever information they had unless the information they were withholding was Obama's birth certificate from Malaysia or Nigeria or wherever it is he is supposed to be from.
I will admit, though, that all doesn't write very well for an "investigative journal" piece.
ETA: also, the sheriff at the time of the murders then took a job at the Louisiana Sheriff's Association after 20 years of service, so maybe they're involved, too. Or maybe it's a very unfortunate series of events with little that can actually be done.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 6:48 am
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:22 am to Hopeful Doc
Im surprised that I have never heard of this case besides on here, you would think it would be a national case. Very interesting!
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:25 am to Hopeful Doc
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Or maybe it's a very unfortunate series of events with little that can actually be done.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 12:47 pm to lsu480
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you would think it would be a national case
It was the subject of an episode of Dark Minds, which is a nationally televised real-life cold docudrama type of show. The case has definitely got national attention, but from the looks/sounds of it, people going about their normal, everyday business don't have much to worry about, so it isn't getting the attention of your BR serial killers, where college girls were getting abducted from their apartments and murdered. It doesn't make the deaths any less sad. The people who died don't deserve any less attention for the justice of their deaths, but those people in the area who are not engaged in drugs and prostitution have essentially nothing to fear, so there is no "take back our town" type of attention being given to it.
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