Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A SOUTHERN LIVING 2016 BOOK OF THE YEAR

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 coverageâ€”from CNN to The New York Times. Collectively the victims became known as the â€œJeff Davis 8,â€ and their lives, their deaths, and the ongoing investigation reveals a small southern communityâ€™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 Jenningsâ€™ 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 victimâ€™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 divisionâ€”and a lightning rod for justice for the daughters it lost.
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-09-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476793252

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2016-09-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476793252

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?

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