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I have an Uncle by Marriage over there named Ricky Edwards that was a Sheriff. Always heard he had a little south la corruption running through him. He tied to this stuff?

There's a book out called Murder on the Bayou about eight prostitute/druggies that were murdered in about a three year span; supposedly alot of police involvement of covering up the murders to avoid getting caught about moving drugs... Edwards was the sheriff for most of the time the murders were occurring.

The book has some sensationalism and some broad assumptions, but even if 25% of it is true, the police/sheriff departments were crooked as frick.

In the book, in mentions the ellender and kks corner murders a little bit... Johnny lassiter was supposedly involved in hiding evidence in the kk corner murders and did a bunch of crooked shite while working for Jeff Davis parish.

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Posted by mouton

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Posted on 7/16/17 at 11:36 am to zsav77

I found Murder in the Bayou on Alibris for $9.99 hardcover or paperback.

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Posted by Hopeful Doc

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Posted on 7/16/17 at 11:41 am to zsav77

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The book has some sensationalism and some broad assumptions, but even if 25% of it is true, the police/sheriff departments were crooked as frick.

I would have a pretty difficult time finding even a quarter of that particular book to be true. Broad assumptions and sensationalism combined with references to public records that do not exist kind of ruin the idea of credibility for me. There was a big teaser for the book in the form of an article a few years ago (perhaps the guy was gauging interest before expanding on his work?) and the sheriff that I think is still there now released a small rebuttal pointing out that the gentleman was referring to these documents and testimonies that he sure wish existed.

So maybe there is a conspiracy linking SuperSaints uncle with this new guy, and there is apparently a Multi-Agency Task Force which goes up to the level of the FBI and also includes Calcasieu PSO. And then the former sheriff from JDPSO is now involved with the Louisiana Sheriff's Association. So either this is a conspiracy and cover-up leading all the way up to state and federal agencies which have, for some reason, decided to protect these local agencies without remorse for anywhere between the 3 murders here or 11 total if these Jeff Davis 8 are related, or we have nothing.
As sad as the situations are and as much as I would like to lean toward the former to see closure for the families and friends involved, the latter just seems more plausible.

ETA: Sheriff responds to article

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Sheriff Woods firmly stated, “The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office or anyone within the task force did not hand over any report pertaining to the investigation of the eight murders.”