Arledge Bayou

When her landlord found Kimberly Gail Womack’s nude and lifeless body in the bedroom of her mobile home, sheriff’s deputies told Kathryn Simpson that her mother had slipped in a

The Rev. Hunter H. Horgan III, an Episcopalian priest and a native of Hammond, was found stabbed to death in his church office in 1992. Nearly two decades passed before

Ylenia Carrisi, a 23-year-old aspiring novelist with blonde hair and green eyes, disappeared on Jan. 6, 1994, a week after arriving in New Orleans, leaving her passport and baggage behind.

In the fall 1984, sometime between Friday evening, Oct. 18, and Saturday morning, Oct. 19, someone wielding an icepick and a two-tined fork stabbed 18-year-old Angela Bond until her breathing

I established this column nearly a decade ago to draw attention to Louisiana’s growing number of unsolved crimes. I have published updated collections of these reports in three books with

During the week’s social media livestream, the Bayou Justice review of the mysterious death of Nanette Krentel continues.

Co-workers described Allison Rice as having a delightful sense of humor. That was before someone unloaded a handgun into her car at a train crossing in Baton Rouge one year

Friday, April 1, 1927, St. Helena Parish Sheriff W.N. Nettles was the victim of a rather severe April Fool’s Day trick.

In August 1998, a woman calling herself “DeAnna Wray” placed an advertisement in the personal sections of several Louisiana newspapers. The ad described the woman as a green-eyed blonde. The

Thursday, June 20, the 21st Judicial Court indicted Callihan on two counts of first-degree murder, as well as one count each of aggravated kidnapping of a child and second-degree kidnapping. The court indicted Victoria Cox on one count each of first-degree murder, accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping of a child and second-degree kidnapping.