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re: What is the most famous crime/murder in your area?
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:29 pm to stout
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:29 pm to stout
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IIRC where you are now this one was probably the talk of the town
Was that the kids playing “hide and seek” in the middle of the night?
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his brother was killed in your neck of the woods while on his deer lease for his side-by-side and truck
I definitely remember that one.
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Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:32 pm to BOSCEAUX
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Was that the kids playing “hide and seek” in the middle of the night?
Yep
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I definitely remember that one.
He was a freshman when I was a Sr and his brother was a year behind me.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:34 pm to stout
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Rare to have two serial killers in the same city operating at the same time.
3. You’re forgetting about Jeffery Lee Guillory.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:47 pm to blueboy
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We haven't had many huge ones in Lafayette but when I lived in DC, my apartment was in the middle of the 'wahabbi corridor' where a lot of the 9/11 hijackers lived, and the Beltway Snipers killed a
Roads are to hard to drive to get away.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:52 pm to jizzle6609
Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer Gary Ridgeway. My home state of Washington produces a lot of serial killers.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:08 pm to yallgood
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Willie and Vaccaro killed Hathaway at Frickes Cave. Doesn't get any bigger than that around here.
Yeah, I guess parts of that got made into a movie so I guess it's the most well known one. Currently the Donna Arceneaux case gets a lot of attention. JD Youngin in Bogalusa was a pretty big deal to the black community. Oneal Moore, in Varnado or Angie, the deputy shot at killed for being black, was a big deal back in the day too.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:15 pm to West Seattle Dude
Surprised nobody has brought up St. Tammany Parish. What is thought to be a safe area with strong law enforcement and good schools has something weird (and unsolved) lurking behind the trees.
1) Murder of Margaret Coon in Beau Chene (1987)
2) Murder of Bruce Cucchiara (2012)-he was murdered in NOLA East, but it was quite possibly a hit. He was a well-liked banker and youth sports coach from Covington.
3) Nanette Krentel (wife of Fire Chief)-died in house fire in Lacombe. Many suspect she was murdered.
All cases remain unsolved. There are more examples. Some think there is an underground sex ring (ala Eyes Wide Shut) that operates there behind the scenes. I don't know. But it is interesting to wonder if these above examples are somehow related?
1) Murder of Margaret Coon in Beau Chene (1987)
2) Murder of Bruce Cucchiara (2012)-he was murdered in NOLA East, but it was quite possibly a hit. He was a well-liked banker and youth sports coach from Covington.
3) Nanette Krentel (wife of Fire Chief)-died in house fire in Lacombe. Many suspect she was murdered.
All cases remain unsolved. There are more examples. Some think there is an underground sex ring (ala Eyes Wide Shut) that operates there behind the scenes. I don't know. But it is interesting to wonder if these above examples are somehow related?
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:27 pm to stout
The West Memphis Three/Robin Hood Hills murders.
I grew up in West Memphis and a bunch of us used to ride motorcycles and bicycles on those hills in the early 70’s. They are actually huge piles of dirt/gumbo built up from drainage ditches being made when the neighborhood was developed.
I grew up in West Memphis and a bunch of us used to ride motorcycles and bicycles on those hills in the early 70’s. They are actually huge piles of dirt/gumbo built up from drainage ditches being made when the neighborhood was developed.
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:40 pm to jizzle6609
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Long haul truck drivers.
Yeah, most likely. I know that William Lewis Reece was convicted for two of the murders (Laura Smithers and Jessica Cain) and was working as a contract worker in the area but was from somewhere up near Dallas, I believe.
One of the missing females listed in the link, Shelly Sikes, was in high school with my brother when two men ran her off the road just over the causeway out of Galveston, as she drove home one night from work, and abducted her. They caught the guys, but never found her body.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:46 pm to 777Tiger
Been a long time but the girl from our neighborhood was found behind a Church's Chicken either in or behind a dumpster. Was pretty shocking back then.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:49 pm to PacoPicopiedra
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Yeah, most likely. I know that William Lewis Reece was convicted for two of the murders (Laura Smithers and Jessica Cain) and was working as a contract worker in the area but was from somewhere up near Dallas, I believe. One of the missing females listed in the link, Shelly Sikes, was in high school with my brother when two men ran her off the road just over t
The thing with the long haul drivers is they have a reason to be where they are. It makes it miserable for detectives to try to figure these out.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:03 pm to stout
In my small town, “April 1966, Roy T. Mejia brutally murdered Barbara Verret (Roy’s common law wife) and her three children—Robert Jr., Brenda Ann, and Lucie Ann—in their Berwick, Louisiana home. Mejia shot the children and disposed of all four bodies in a nearby parish. He was convicted and late died in prison.” Happened directly behind my grandparents house - it was a very bloody scene. I was a kid and remember having nightmares for weeks.
Another interesting one from 100 years ago in Morgan City. A short book was written by a ULL professor “Ada and the Doc”. “This short book recounts the history of one of Louisiana's most notorious (though now mostly forgotten) murder cases, the July 1, 1927 killing of James LeBoeuf in St. Mary Parish, a crime which culminated in the hanging of Ada Bonner LeBoeuf, the victim's wife (paramour of Dr. Dreher), and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher, his former close friend, in Franklin on February 1, 1929.”
Of interest to me - my great-grandfather was on the jury that convicted Ada and Dr. Dreher of murder. Ada was the last woman hanged for murder in Louisiana. One of my sister’s best friend’s great grandfather was Dr. Dreher, and my sister wasn’t sure if she should tell her friend that our great grandfather was on the jury that convicted her great grandfather of murder. None of us knew about this and the facts until adults and the book was published.
Another interesting one from 100 years ago in Morgan City. A short book was written by a ULL professor “Ada and the Doc”. “This short book recounts the history of one of Louisiana's most notorious (though now mostly forgotten) murder cases, the July 1, 1927 killing of James LeBoeuf in St. Mary Parish, a crime which culminated in the hanging of Ada Bonner LeBoeuf, the victim's wife (paramour of Dr. Dreher), and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher, his former close friend, in Franklin on February 1, 1929.”
Of interest to me - my great-grandfather was on the jury that convicted Ada and Dr. Dreher of murder. Ada was the last woman hanged for murder in Louisiana. One of my sister’s best friend’s great grandfather was Dr. Dreher, and my sister wasn’t sure if she should tell her friend that our great grandfather was on the jury that convicted her great grandfather of murder. None of us knew about this and the facts until adults and the book was published.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:06 pm to CrawDude
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my sister wasn’t sure if she should tell her friend that our great grandfather was on the jury that convicted her great grandfather of murder
I couldn't imagine it being that big of an issue
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:17 pm to stout
Another one local, pretty much across the street from where we live now...
Cell phone murders" refers to a specific mass shooting in Huntsville, Alabama, on September 25, 1996, where three men killed four people in a house due to a dispute over a stolen cell phone. The perpetrators, Joey Wilson, Nicholas Acklin, and Corey Johnson, were arrested and charged with capital murder for the incident, which also left two others injured.
Cell phone murders" refers to a specific mass shooting in Huntsville, Alabama, on September 25, 1996, where three men killed four people in a house due to a dispute over a stolen cell phone. The perpetrators, Joey Wilson, Nicholas Acklin, and Corey Johnson, were arrested and charged with capital murder for the incident, which also left two others injured.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:21 pm to MorbidTheClown
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Been a long time but the girl from our neighborhood was found behind a Church's Chicken either in or behind a dumpster. Was pretty shocking back then.
Is this the gal who worked at Church's Chicken on St. Claude and Caffin Ave. back in the late 60's or early 70's. If so, I was a friend of her brother and went to school with him at Chalmette High.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:23 pm to stout
Candy Man. All over my neighborhood. Sick. Pure evil.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:34 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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I'd go with the Atlanta Child Murders (Wayne Williams). That had the whole city on edge for a long, hot summer.
The whole world was watching Atlanta in the summer of 1996. The OP said “famous,” not infamous, scariest, or whatever.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:39 pm to stout
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:53 pm to Matt225
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Jeffrey Doucet shot by Gary Plauché at airport
THIS
Posted on 2/26/26 at 4:55 pm to TT9
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Murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
Every time these threads pop up, this is always one that is brought up quickly. And it’s one that always stays with me for whatever reason. Just purely and simply a “wrong place at the wrong time” kind of thing for those poor kids. So fricking sad.
And ridiculous that the perps are still alive in prison (and I think the woman involved is up for parole fairly soon). Disgusting.
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