Murder in the Bayou

Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?

De: Ethan Brown

Narrado por: Traber Burns

An explosive, true-life southern gothic story, Murder in the Bayou chronicles the twists and turns of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Louisiana parish.

Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the murky canals and crawfish ponds of Jennings, Louisiana, a bayou town of 10,000 in the heart of the Jefferson Davis parish. Local law enforcement officials were quick to pursue a serial killer theory, opening a floodgate of media coverage, from CNN to the New York Times. Collectively the victims became known as the "Jeff Davis 8," and their lives, their deaths, and the ongoing investigation reveals a small southern community's most closely guarded secrets.

As Ethan Brown suggests, these homicides were not the work of a single serial killer, but the violent fallout of Jennings' brutal sex and drug trade, a backwoods underworld hidden in plain sight. Mixing muckraking research and immersive journalism over the course of a five-year investigation, Ethan Brown reviewed thousands of pages of previously unseen homicide files to determine what happened during each victim's final hours.

Epic in scope and intensely suspenseful, Murder in the Bayou is the story of an American town buckling under the dark forces of poverty, race, and class division - and a lightning rod for justice for the daughters it lost.

©2016 Ethan Brown (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Interesting

I think I know who did it, first time listening to a case like this. The reader was amazing!

Detailed read

I’m impressed with how deep the author goes in this tragic story. That’s it I’m going to watch the mini series on showtime but yeah, this is an interesting story to say the least l.

A Quiet Southern Town

Having made many trips to Jennings during this time period, I must admit to being shocked at what was going on one exit down the interstate. At one point the FBI had its task force above my clients office and we were still unaware of the depravity of the crimes and how difficult they were to investigate.

The writing was concise but not dramatized and there was no gratuitous violence - just solid reporting. Much respect to Ethan Brown and Narrator Traber Burns.

lawless lawmen, politicians and dead woman

Sadly, four years after publication of this book, and fifteen years after the first victim was found, no resolution has occurred.

A must listen!

This is a very well researched, entertaining, and chilling book. It is well worth the download.