Who Murdered Eight Women in Jennings?

Photo by Jp Valery from Burst

Between 2005 and 2009, eight women from the same Louisiana town, Jennings, were murdered. The bodies of the women were dumped in drainage canals and along desolate roads.

Who killed the Jennings 8?

The population of Jennings is just over 10,000 and is divided by railroad tracks into two portions. One side affluent, the other impoverished. The women we will be talking about today were not affluent.

The Jennings 8 include:

• May 2005: Loretta Lewis Chaisson, 28, who was found floating in the river by a fisherman on May 20, 2005. She was married and had two children.
• June 2005: Ernestine Marie Daniels Patterson, 30, who was found with a throat injury.
• March 2007: Kristen Gary Lopez, 21, who was allegedly present when a police officer shot and killed a drug dealer in 2005.
• May 2007: Whitnei Dubois, 26, who was found along a road by passersby.
• May 2008: Laconia “Muggy” Brown, 23, who was found with a throat injury on the side of a road.
• September 2008: Crystal Shay Benoit Zeno, 24, who lived with another victim shortly before her death. She was found in a wooded area.
• November 2008: Brittney Gary, 17, the cousin of Kristen Gary Lopez. She was found near a…