
The main one appears to be tracking down that special lead that can break a case open.ĭuring a recent city meeting, Jennings Police Chief Johnny Lassiter spoke softly as he talked about the victims, only one of which has turned up in the city limits, to a crowd of concerned residents. "There are very difficult obstacles that we have to overcome." "Having multiple victims with no actual crime scene other than a disposal scene has presented very big challenges as far as picking up where the crime occurred," Sheriff Ricky Edwards said. 11 off LaCour Road in rural Jeff Davis Parish. Laconia Shontel "Muggy" Brown, 23, found May 12 on a rural road in Jennings.Ĭrystal Shay Benoit Zeno, 23, found decomposed Sept. Whitnei Charlene Dubois, 26, found May 12, 2007, on a rural road just south of Jennings. Kristen Gary Lopez, 21, found March 18, 2007, in a rural canal south of Welsh. Loretta Lynn Chaisson, 28, found May 20, 2005, in a canal.Įrnestine Daniels Patterson, 29, found 17 days later in a canal six miles away. She had become what everyone feared: the seventh name on a growing list that had previously contained:

1126 on Keystone Road, about 3 miles from where the first remains were discovered in 2005. 15, they found Gary's decomposed body about a half-mile south of La. They returned to the areas where each of the past six bodies turned up, floating in rural canals or dumped along rural roadways in the parish.

She had known four of the previous six victims, and when the search began, it was not for Gary, but rather for her body.

Now, when a girl like Brittney Ann Gary goes missing, everyone fears the worst. The past three years have changed the mindset of people in rural Jefferson Davis Parish, an area with a population of less than 32,000 in southwestern Louisiana. Normally, the disappearance of a 17-year-old could mean many things. JENNINGS - The teenager had been missing only a few days when talk about her disappearance turned toward fears that she had become the seventh victim. Fear grips Jefferson Davis Parish in wake of deaths *** Some residents say young women's killer may be at large
