TX - Lillian Descoteau, 51, found dead on I-20, Hallsville, 7 Oct 2013

[LaLaw2000]

It's possible that she had broken up with a partner who was also a truck driver and just stayed in the area. LD may have started hanging out at one of the many truck stops in the area, or even rest areas and met someone at either of these many places. It might not even be a truck driver who picked her up or that she was with.

I just hope LE can someday find who killed this woman. She certainly didn't deserve this, IMO.

 

[justthinkin]

It's possible that she had broken up with a partner who was also a truck driver and just stayed in the area. LD may have started hanging out at one of the many truck stops in the area, or even rest areas and met someone at either of these many places. It might not even be a truck driver who picked her up or that she was with.

I just hope LE can someday find who killed this woman. She certainly didn't deserve this, IMO.

LaLaw,

The same thoughts you had occurred to me as well. There's never been any mention of an abandoned truck in association with her body being found, so my guess, being a trucker or former trucker, herself, she may have hung around one or more truck stops because she could relate to other truckers and enjoyed their company. Maybe she ran into one who asked her to make a run with him wherever he was going, and she picked the wrong person to ride with. If that's the case, then hopefully she was well known to others at a particular truck stop, and someone will remember who she left with.

 

[Samaritan]

I heard something about a hispanic male being seen leaving the woods where Ms. Descoteau's body was found, but I cannot seem to find any link for that story now. Maybe someone who is a bit better at digging that sort of stuff up can lend me a hand.

It has become almost common place, here in east Texas, for bodies to be dumped along I-20. This one from 2012 was only 10 miles down the interstate. And this Jane Doe was found about 10 miles away from the 2012 body.

I know they are almost certainly all unrelated but it still seems strange. That area has bad luck.

And more remains found along I-20 in East Texas. This is becoming a much too common occurrence.

 

[AmandaSkis]

If she was found with just a bra and panties, how was she even identified in the first place?? Nothing I've read has indicated that a purse or wallet was left with her.

 

[dotr]

May 6, 2025

DPS raises reward to $6,000 for information on 2013 East Texas brutal murder cold case

She had been assaulted, beaten and strangled, and she was found near the FM 450 ramp onto Interstate 20, just south of Hallsville, by two truck drivers.

www.cbs19.tv

''HARRISON COUNTY, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety has increased the award for information related to the 2013 sexual assault, beating and murder of a woman in East Texas.
Lillian Desiree Descoteau, 51, was found dead in Harrison County near the FM 450 ramp onto Interstate 20, just south of Hallsville, by two truck drivers. She had been assaulted, beaten and strangled, and her body only had a light blue pullover, a white bra and a shiny diamond stud earring in one ear, according to DPS. ''

 

[dotr]

May 7, 2025
Authorities are offering a reward for info on a cold case from 2013, in which the body of Lillian Descoteau, 51, of Irving, was found along I-20 near Hallsville
May 17, 2025

Texas Rangers Seek New Tips in 2013 East Texas Cold Case

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking information on the 2013 murder of 51-year-old Lillian Desiree Descoteau in Harrison Co. The reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for her

www.brownwoodnews.com

''AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking information on the 2013 murder of 51-year-old Lillian Desiree Descoteau in Harrison Co. The reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for her death is now increased to $6,000 if the tip is received before the next featured Texas Rangers cold case is announced. Anyone with information in this case is asked to please come forward.

Back on Oct. 7, 2013, Descoteau’s partially nude body was found by two truck drivers near the FM 450 ramp onto IH-20, just south of Hallsville, Texas. She had been sexually assaulted, beaten and strangled. Descoteau’s body was only clothed in a light blue pullover, a white bra and a shiny diamond stud earring in one ear. Before her death, Descoteau lived a transient lifestyle—living in many states across the country, including Alaska, Colorado, Ohio, Georgia, Maryland and Louisiana. Descoteau’s last known residence was Irving, Texas, where she worked as a commercial truck driver for a short time.''

 

[NanZDrew]

I'm so glad to see they haven't given up on this case!