Criminalist Behavior-A Louisiana True Crime Podcast

Handley and Schanda married in 2006. It's unclear why their marriage fell apart but in 2017, multiple restraining orders were filed involving both of them and as his marriage deteriorated, he started using drugs. Schanda Handley and her daughter Isabella Cumberland were at their home on a quiet street in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Aug. 6, 2017, when two men appeared at their front door. At first gla...

Karen Maloz was married to Billy Maloz and they had a son named Christopher Maloz. They lived in what before this catastrophic event took place was known as a safe and quiet neighborhood. The neighborhood is tucked away behind the heavily traveled roads of St. Charles Street and Valhi Boulevard in Houma, Louisiana. It was Easter Sunday, when Houma resident Karen Maloz found herself in the ICU at U...

Law enforcement agencies raided four Terrebonne businesses for prostitution. Eight people charged on counts relating to prostitution by massage and drug charges. The owners were a married couple and charged with human trafficking, amongst other charges. Locations raided included My Massage, at 685 D Corporate Drive; Moon Spa, at 1515 Polk St.; LA Spa Massage, at 193 Corporate Dr.; and Best Spa Mas...

On the night of Oct. 27 or early morning on Oct. 28, 1927, Henry Moity — “drink-crazed and insanely jealous,” according to the Picayune — attacked his wife and sister-in-law armed with a lead club and cane knife. On the afternoon of Thursday, October 27, 1927, Nettie Compass entered the second-floor apartment at 715 Ursulines Street to do some cleaning. She had barely set foot inside before encoun...

Police launched an investigation after Bella’s father, Michael Fontenelle, reported his daughter, Bella Fontenelle, and girlfriend Hannah Landon, who is also known as Bunnak Lim, missing on Aptil 25, 2023. Police obtained chilling surveillance video from neighbors showing a woman matching Landon’s description wheeling a large bucket on a wagon in the area. The evidence led police to the mother of...

Eight women were mysteriously murdered in Jennings, Louisiana from 2005-2009 and as the investigation progressed, the small town's dark secrets began to unravel. A total Population of 10,517 and is known to be the place for Louisiana Oil. The common factor among the women is that they all lived on the south side of Jennings. According to observers, South Jennings is the home of the poor and the wo...

Eight women were mysteriously murdered in Jennings, Louisiana from 2005-2009 and as the investigation progressed, the small town's dark secrets began to unravel. A total Population of 10,517 and is known to be the place for Louisiana Oil. The common factor among the women is that they all lived on the south side of Jennings. According to observers, South Jennings is the home of the poor and the wo...

Will Smith, a former defensive end for the New Orleans Saints, was shot and killed by Cardell Hayes after a road rage incident involving a hit-and-run. Was this a police cover up, was this self defense? Tune in and find out what happened... Trigger warning: This episode may contain content of a graphic nature including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and anim...

We will be talking about a Louisiana man and woman arrested in connection with a 30-year-old Louisiana cold case involving infant's found in a local pizzeria's dumpster by a farmer. Trigger warning: This episode may contain content of a graphic nature including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals. Listener discretion is advised. Copyright NoticeCopyri...