I guess news always traveled slow here north of New Orleans, because I don't even remember the Atwood Murders. I'm glad that you have opened my eyes to the case, because I have found an old NOLA.com article that is no longer online.
However, it does mention this:
He met Esaki at the Artist Cafe at 608 Iberville St. in the French Quarter, where PB worked as a dancer under the stage name Crystal, then rendezvoused with her, Penzica and Biehn at
Hoggs Bar, 135 Chartres St. in the Quarter.
Atwood hit Esaki on the head and strangled her.
Both victims' fingers were cut off, presumably to hinder identification through fingerprints. Their bodies, bound with duct tape, were later found in garbage bags on the Interstate 510 Service Road near Lake Forest Boulevard in New Orleans.
Atwood and Biehn had dumped them there on the way to Biloxi, Miss., where Atwood drilled as a Navy Seabee.
Here are PB's Myspace Heroes:
Father GOD and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, Detective Don M., Leutenant Grey,who helped me get away from a psychotic killer and change my life forever. I am a nurse now.
Source: http://www.myspace.com/461221724
Question: How in the hell did this woman ever get out of prison? Does anybody else see some "similarities" here with these crimes?
P.S. I can find no picture of Atwood either.