bessie
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And those persons of interest were residing in Kenner at the time of the murder. Caraway also said this:
IMO, he doesn't sound averse to the idea, he simply can't say for certain that JL was killed in Kenner. Hopefully, the pending evidence examination results will be conclusive.
That's exactly the point. JL was alive when last seen in New Orleans.
I see it another way. There's little difference between driving from the Quarter to the coast, and driving there from Kenner. Either way, you pass through multiple jurisdictions, and run the risk of being stopped by police. I have a feeling that by the time JL's remains were transported to MS, they were contained and concealed within the trunk of a car, so unless LE had cause to search the car, the remains would have gone undetected even if the they were stopped. But if you think about it, TS was used to playing the odds. He was a fugitive wanted on a federal warrant. Every time he walked out the front door, he was taking a risk.
I haven't given it much thought, but that's a good point. I wonder if the autopsy results have been compared.
I might be off track, but imo, it makes sense for the investigation to move to Kenner. Hancock County has held onto it for two years, and I have no doubt they gave it their best shot. In the end, however, all they've turned up are the remains. Remember about a year ago, when the sheriff and DA in Hancock County considered charging the pair with desecration of a corpse? But then refrained? They didn't have enough evidence to proceed even on those charges. Now another year has past, and the investigation has to move on, or go cold. So where is the next logical jurisdiction? Apparently, no witness has been located, or come forward, who saw JL in Orleans Parish after the Bourbon St. camera sighting, which showed her to be alive and well. Considering the circumstances, there's no justification for taking a homicide investigation to Orleans when there is no evidence to indicate the homicide occurred here -- no significant blood evidence in the car to show she was transported somewhere after being wounded or killed -- and she was last known to be in the company of two individuals who resided in a private home in Kenner. If JL's body had been found intact, it might be a different story. But to dismember her body required, among other things, time and seclusion, which the Kenner residence provided. JMO
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