New developments in unsolved Jennings murders

[mahmoo]

After reading a lot of the posts on here and following the links to articles, my gut feeling is that this man that is doing these murders has connections to the Lake Charles. I would be surprised if he is a truck driver, or one of the drug runners that access I-10 to run their drugs.

He is picking them up in Jennings. He is dumping the bodies at the outskirts of Jennings off a highway that runs to Lake Charles.

Where is he killing them? In that rural area where their bodies are dumped? Does he pick them up, kill them and dump their bodies on his way home to Lake Charles?

I don't think it's a "stranger" though due to the fact that all the victims knew each other or were related.

Sheriff Edward's has said they don't think the victims were killed where their bodies were found.......he thinks they were killed elsewhere and then the bodies transported to where they were eventually found.

 

[Kat]

LOL........no problem........it's confusing and I have to keep referring to the maps myself.

Try this map and see if it helps you figure out travel routes you were asking about. If you put your mouse on the left edge of the map the two arrows will come up and you can pull them to the left past the location descriptions and make the map larger. You can zoom in and out too.

Awesome TY! :clap:

 

[Kat]

The map you gave me mahoo states that :

"7th victim Brittney Gary, 17, found Nov 15, 2008. Disappears Nov 2 after walking to a nearby Family Dollar Store to purchase minutes for her cell phone. The body is found in the grass off Keystone Road, a half-mile south of La. 1126"

I could only find one listing for a family dollar located in Jennings LA. The address is: 414 W Plaquemine St, Jennings, LA.

A google map of this address shows that it is very close to (looks approximately about a block) Highway 26.

 

[Kat]

Do we have a map of where the victims lived?

 

[mahmoo]

Mahoo, do you think they may have stepped up patrol of that area, at all times of the night since she was number 5 and other than number 3 all of the victims were found in fairly close proximity? Would that be an explanation of why the policeman was out there at that time of night?

I really don't think so Kat. The reason I say that is because a year had passed since the last victim was found prior to #5:

• Victim #4 (Whitnei Dubois) was found May 12, 2007
• Victim #5 (Muggy Brown) was found May 29, 2008

Of course it's entirely possible they were keeping a close eye on that particular area but one would have to wonder why since the prior victims were found in other locations.

 

[Kat]

You're right Mahoo, I wouldn't discount LE at this point. I would even extend the pool by looking at someone that associated with LE in some way or another (bleach used at one crime scene on victim). Even someone that socializes with LE.

 

[AmandaBrown23]

I highly doubt its someone in Lake Charles area but it is a possibility. Most people that live here dont know a lot of people in Jennings usually just family. Whoever did this knew them all. We havent had any murders like this at all here. We have however had an increased crime rate lately. I would agree that the suspect is either someone who knows LE really well or has done his homework. I cannot believe they havent caught this guy yet.

 

[mahmoo]

The map you gave me mahoo states that :

"7th victim Brittney Gary, 17, found Nov 15, 2008. Disappears Nov 2 after walking to a nearby Family Dollar Store to purchase minutes for her cell phone. The body is found in the grass off Keystone Road, a half-mile south of La. 1126"

I could only find one listing for a family dollar located in Jennings LA. The address is: 414 W Plaquemine St, Jennings, LA.

A google map of this address shows that it is very close to (looks approximately about a block) Highway 26.

That is the correct Family Dollar Store and it is VERY close to 26. Brittney lived on South Doyle Street. Don't know the address but media coverage stated she walked "a few blocks" from her home to the store.

She left home headed to the store somewhere between 5:00-5:15 according to her mother. She is seen exiting the store (on video surveillance) at 5:30 ............ that may give you a better idea of the distance/amount of time it took to walk there.

Also, to answer your other question........no maps that I know of showing any of the victim residences.

 

[concernedperson]

LOL........no problem........it's confusing and I have to keep referring to the maps myself.

Try this map and see if it helps you figure out travel routes you were asking about. If you put your mouse on the left edge of the map the two arrows will come up and you can pull them to the left past the location descriptions and make the map larger. You can zoom in and out too.

Great map....thanks, mahmoo!!! When I studied it I was wondering if you knew if there are exits from I 10 in Roanoke and Welch? I think they do have exits. Anyway, it appears to me that he may be meeting these young women at the fast food joints off the Jennings exit. Luring them into his car after they feel comfortable...possibly even talking to them on different occasions. Could be why Brittany would easily get into his car as she may have remembered him from another time. He must have that "ease" of operation about him.

I suspect that the girls are murdered in his vehicle as at no time has LE talked about finding a primary crime scene.

When you look at the map the dumping grounds are on main streets that one could exit to I 10 from Jennings,Roanoke and Welch. He doesn't appear to be local as the bodies weren't dumped north of I 10 but rather in some sort of grid/comfort zone. As in you are traveling on I 10 and take the lighted exits vs. the very rural northern route that only locals would be familiar with.

 

[Kat]

Anyway, it appears to me that he may be meeting these young women at the fast food joints off the Jennings exit. Luring them into his car after they feel comfortable...possibly even talking to them on different occasions. Could be why Brittany would easily get into his car as she may have remembered him from another time. He must have that "ease" of operation about him.

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I thought this too. They have seen his face, they may not know him, but have seen him before. That would account for them getting in the car with him and no one paying any attention. Just my opinion.

 

[mahmoo]

I would agree that the suspect is either someone who knows LE really well or has done his homework. I cannot believe they havent caught this guy yet.

I found this story interesting. Will just post a portion of it.......

On December 8, 2007 two female inmates requested to speak with officer Ewing specifically. They wanted to give him information about four mysterious female deaths in the area…..it was supposedly information that had not been publicly released. Over a period of two days, Ewing interviewed and recorded both inmates separately.


Alarmed by the consistency in the women's statements, Ewing was hesitant to report the information within his department or to his superior. Both women alleged a cover-up involving a high elected parish official or high ranking law enforcement officer. Instead, he turned the information over to friend, and private investigator, Kirk Menard.


Menard said although some of the information was third hand, the women knew information about the crimes and crime scenes that had not been released to the public. It was information that could have only been obtained by someone at the crime scene.

 

[Kat]

OT in fact way OT: But is the "good ol' boy" network alive and well still in the south?

 

[Kat]

Exits to and from I-10 in:

Roanoke:

http://louisiana.hometownlocator.com/la/jefferson-davis/roanoke.cfm

Can't find Welch LA

 

[Kat]

Welsh LA?

Map shows exits to and from I-10:

http://louisiana.hometownlocator.com/la/jefferson-davis/welsh.cfm

 

[mahmoo]

Great map....thanks, mahmoo!!! When I studied it I was wondering if you knew if there are exits from I 10 in Roanoke and Welch? I think they do have exits.

Welsh exit #54
Roanoke exit #59
Elton/Jennings (Hwy 26) exit #64

This website shows all the I-10 exits in that Lake Charles to Jennings area

 

[mahmoo]

I suspect that the girls are murdered in his vehicle as at no time has LE talked about finding a primary crime scene.

That's what is so puzzling, 7 deaths and yet no crimes scenes . You'd think with two of the victims having their throats cut there would have been a tremendous amount of blood.......somewhere.

 

[mahmoo]

OT in fact way OT: But is the "good ol' boy" network alive and well still in the south?

Oh yeah.......some things will never change :crazy:

 

[concernedperson]

That's what is so puzzling, 7 deaths and yet no crimes scenes . You'd think with two of the victims having their throats cut there would have been a tremendous amount of blood.......somewhere.

I agree about the blood. Possibly in the bed of a truck where bleach and water could remove it?? The perp has used bleach on one of his victims.

Back to another murder. The victim, Bonnie Ruphard (sp), was found murdered in a park in Lafayette in December 2008. She had a rocky relationship with her husband/bf. I tried the Advertiser to see if an arrest has been made but it kept sending me to pay for sites. Do you know? Some witnesses saw a truck around the time of her disappearance.

 

[mahmoo]

I agree about the blood. Possibly in the bed of a truck where bleach and water could remove it?? The perp has used bleach on one of his victims.

Back to another murder. The victim, Bonnie Ruphard (sp), was found murdered in a park in Lafayette in December 2008. She had a rocky relationship with her husband/bf. I tried the Advertiser to see if an arrest has been made but it kept sending me to pay for sites. Do you know? Some witnesses saw a truck around the time of her disappearance.

As far as I know no one has been arrested yet.

 

[concernedperson]

This case is bugging me today so I am re reading articles etc. This one by David Lohr is interesting and attempts to draw correlation between the Jennings murders and others. I think he may be right and the sheriff isn't sure that there isn't more than one killer which is possible too. It isn't uncommon to have two or more serials operating in Louisiana at the same time.

One thing I found in the Lohr article is that the LE officer found the victim in the middle of the road near the police target practice area. The killer either wanted her found fast or something interrupted him and he had to move fast. Could be he saw the LE patrol car.

Link to article.

http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2009/01/another-serial.html