Murder in the Bayou

By Ethan Brown

Subjects: nyt:crime-and-punishment=2016-11-13, Homicide investigation, Police corruption, Serial murders, Case studies, New York Times bestseller, Murder, Louisiana, history, Murder, louisiana

Description: Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the town of Jennings, in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. They had all engaged in sex work as a means of survival, and they came to be called the Jeff Davis 8. The investigations into their deaths, originally searching for a serial killer, raised questions about police misconduct and corruption.