Daniel Dewey was the last, at least to be killed with that bizarre rope method. There are a couple of very strange aspects about this case. The first two victims ,Dennis Turoctte and Mark Richardson were killed within a couple of weeks of each other. Richardson lay undiscovered for a month, but both young men had their wallets on them. THe killer had taken care to ensure Dewey was hard to identify. He had left texas about a month before his murder, probably because of an arrest over illegal use of a motorbike. Im guessing he left because of that and came to NOLA. I read somewhere that in the 70s or maybe even now, NOLA was a destination for many young runaways. Paedophilila was rife in NOLA in the 70s. I tend to associate Paedophilia more with the prepubescent. These three victims were just kids but at 19 and 17, they are also young men. Turcotte and RIchardson were murdered in february 1978. THen Daniel Dewey was November 1979, almost two years. I personally think this suggests someone who is a visitor to NOLA. This person is part of a gang there. He does not have the wherewithall to die the complicated knots, but someone in Nola has. THere is so much more information needed to solve this case. Were all three tied Identically? Turcotte and Richardson were connected with jimmys coney island hot dog stand, ive heard that from first hand knowledge. THe gap is puzzling. It has been suggested maybe there was a fourth victim or fifth discarded in woodland and never found.
THe New Orleans unsolved podcast by Thanh and Anna Kantrell has lots of information that touches on all this,revolving primarily around a corrupt policeman Stan Burkhardt. He is a convicted child molester but has never been charged with murder. IT is believed he is connected to Edward wells pulled from the mississippi river.
I have been fascinated by this case for a while. It is mainly the sad back story of Daniel Dewey, coming from a broken home.Homeless at 17. The pathology behind this method of murder is also really fascinating. ITs so cruel, it reaks of pure sadism. The Italian mafia used it on people who disgusted them or broken their rules. THe only other case of a death like this was in Oklahoma two years ago. A father was jailed for life for beating up his daughers partner. He also hogtied him with the rope around his neck and left him in a field .