Criminalist Behavior-A Louisiana True Crime Podcast

Paula Boudreaux was last seen at her parents' home in Golden Meadow on August 3, 1986, and was reported missing by her family on August 6. In January 1989, skeletal remains were discovered in Slidell, Louisiana, but could not be identified at the time. Copyright © 2024-Present Criminalist Behavior Podcast. All rights reserved. Links https://linktr.ee/criminalbehaviorpodcast Criminalist Behavior Po...

The Earl Family Murders were a series of murders that took place in 1902 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, where six members of a farming family were killed. The discovery of the murders was devastating to the community. Was it a farmhand who seemed to have no motive for the murders that would be arrested and pay the ultimate price for the crime? Tune in and find out what sparked this event and who...

Euzebe Vidrine was the 1920s Acadiana serial killer who was the only man ever legally hanged in Evangeline Parish. He was one of Louisiana's earliest serial killers that came from Ville Platte who wrecked havoc in not only Louisiana but Texas as well. He was sentenced to death but not before the judge allowed him time to create his memoir of his killings called  “The Life of Euzebe Vidrine”.  Join...

Bre Morgan was attacked by a sexual predator at a laundromat in Lacombe, Louisiana. After returning to move over her clothes, she was approached by a convicted sex offender. Morgan says he pretended to help her at the change machine before uttering bone-chilling words and attacking her. She was just doing laundry for her and her children when she was attacked by the man, who was wielding a knife....

Ms. Anita Hedgepeth lived in Algiers Point in 2012 and encountered a young man while walking to her car on January 25. She was approached by a man with a gun demanding her car, but she resisted. The situation escalated when the assailant grabbed her purse, resulting in a struggle. The victim intervened by jumping on the car's hood and was tragically shot. Amidst the chaos, the victim urged Ms. Hed...

Daniel Bryan “Bunce” Napier known as the "Butterfly Man," murdered a 15-year-old girl in Shreveport in 1934. He was part of a crowd in Georgia that in 1915 had lynched Leo Frank in connection with the similar killing of a girl named  Mary Phagan.  Some writers have speculated that Napier was Phagan's killer as well. He also used the name "Fred Lockhart" and this is how he was largely referred to i...

Cardell Hayes shot former Saints Player-Will Smith eight times — seven times in the back — during the 2016 road rage incident in New Orleans. A confrontation escalated after a vehicle collision on April 9, 2016. Hayes did not deny shooting Smith but argued that he acted in self-defense, citing Louisiana's "stand your ground" law. Was this a police cover up, was this self defense? Tune in and find...

Mary James Peters was born in 1938 to James and Veronica Peters in North Dakota, along with her four brothers. At the time of the incident, she was 85 years old, legally blind, and lived alone. Mary was a petite woman, standing at 5’1'' and weighing 110 pounds. She had two daughters, Teresa and Mary, and many grandchildren. She was close friends with Rita Baldwin but feared her husband, Tim. Mary...

- Wesley was only 2 years old when he vanished from his home in Clinton, Louisiana. He was last seen wearing a gray Mickey Mouse shirt, blue shorts with a green stripe extending down one of the legs, and sandals. At the time of his disappearance, Wesley was described as having blond or strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes, he was also 3' tall and weighed approximately 40 lbs. Today, Wesley would b...

Jessica Easterly Durning’s story started on August 12th 2019. Jessica reached out to her friend Maria stating she was ready to leave her husband Justin. She was tired of his antics, she was tired of him hitting her, she had had enough and realized she deserved better in life. She made up her mind she was ready to start over. She was ready to leave the domestic abuse behind. The day before Jessica...

Madison Brooks spends the evening at Reggie’s Bar on 1176 Bob Pettit Boulevard in East Baton Rouge, where she was served alcohol despite being underage and met the four men accused of attacking her. Footage from the bar subsequently seen by investigators reportedly shows an intoxicated Brooks falling over several times, stumbling and struggling to stand in front of at least one of the suspects bef...

On March 8, 2022, Goodie left her Lafayette-area home after telling family and friends that she would be driving someone to Houston, Texas, the following day. 33-year-old Ella Goodie picked up a passenger to drive from Louisiana to Texas, and no one has seen her since. Goodie’s two teenage children weren’t immediately concerned when their mom wasn’t right home, but Goodie’s brother filed a missing...

Ronald Joseph Dominique, also known as The Bayou Strangler, he was an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 1997 and 2006. Dominique's victims tended to be teenagers and men aged between 16 and 46, but not all of them were homosexual. Most of the victims were African-American. He often met them during walks or drives in his pickup...

Ronald Joseph Dominique, also known as The Bayou Strangler, he was an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 1997 and 2006. Dominique's victims tended to be teenagers and men aged between 16 and 46, but not all of them were homosexual. Most of the victims were African-American. He often met them during walks or drives in his pickup...

Ronald Joseph Dominique, also known as The Bayou Strangler, he was an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 1997 and 2006. Dominique's victims tended to be teenagers and men aged between 16 and 46, but not all of them were homosexual. Most of the victims were African-American. He often met them during walks or drives in his pickup...

The haunted history of the LaLaurie Mansion is one of the best known stories of haunted tours in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. It tells a story of the brutal excess use of slavery in a horrific and horrible state for several generations. This story has backdated to up to 150 years and is considered the most haunted location in the French Quarter. Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (March 19...

Clinton Devon Nelson was last seen at approximately 8:30pm leaving a friend's residence in the vicinity of Ward Ln. and Hwy 80 in Princeton, LA. Clinton has a medical condition. Faint scars over right eyebrow onto eyelid, corner of right eye, right temple, and lower jaw line, scar on left collarbone. Accessories: Had wallet at time of disappearance. Has not been located. Clothing: Black "ECKO'' br...

Three children were killed in a two-alarm Plum Orchard fire early Wednesday, October 18, 2023 morning, shortly after their father threatened to burn the house down. Seventeen NOFD units and 46 firefighters had the fire under control by 12:40 a.m. A New Orleans man accused of setting fire to his ex-wife's home with their three young children inside, killing them, has been taken into custody. Was it...

When he was just 11 years old, Jody Plauché made headlines across America. He was a young boy in Jeffrey Doucet’s karate class. Jody Plauché saw his karate instructor as his “best friend.” Jody stayed quiet to avoid upsetting his parents or getting Doucet in trouble when Doucet started to abuse him. And when Doucet suggested they go to California, Plauché agreed to the plan. It was then that Gary...

Was it the fire, suicide, or a planned..calculated brutual murder? In July 2017, Louisiana woman Nanette Krentel remains were found in a house fire. It had been two years that passed before anyone was arrested. That person, however, wasn't the murderer. Rather, a member of the investigating sheriff’s office Jerry Rogers Jr. His crime: criticizing the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office (STPSO) for...

The Houma Police Department and the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office searched the areas of Bayou Terrebonne, as well as the Intracoastal Waterway for Ezekiel Harry. Police conducted interviews and suspected foul play to be involved. Houma Police said they received a call in reference to the possible abduction of a 2-year-old near the 100 block of Mahler Street. The call came in on 07/12/2022. Du...

On September 23rd, 2022 at approximately 4:49 p.m. the Houma Police Department responded to the Liberty Street Bridge in reference to a child being thrown into Bayou Terrebonne from the Liberty Street Bridge. It was there that police discovered an 18 month old little boy was thrown into the bayou off of the bridge, with another child near the water and a third child left abandoned in a car. Join u...

Junior was last seen playing outside in front of their home in the 100 block of Howard Road in Lisbon. His mother, Shelia Phillips, was inside and her boyfriend, Nicholas Gilbert, was working on his truck nearby. They told police they thought Junior was at his aunt’s house next door, but when they went to check, he was not there and he has not been seen since.    * If you or someone you know is a...

The St. Tammany Parish coroner verifies the identity of the elderly man whose remains were found stuffed inside an ice chest in a Slidell-area apartment on Tuesday night through DNA. The man, who investigators believe was born in 1928, was left in a 160-quart cooler kept in his daughter's residence on the 100 block of South Military Road. The man, Charles Fisher has been positively identified and...

In the early morning hours of March 27, 2018 a melee ensued when the two Airmen were alone in their room. After completing his shift Isiah Edwards went to the dorm room he shared with Bradley Hale, then left to bring back food for them both. When he returned, he flipped open his knife. Edwards made a joke about using it to rob the restaurant where he had gotten the food before putting down the kni...