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?

Soon to be a Showtime documentary, Murder in the Bayou is a New York Times bestselling chronicle of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Southern parish that is â€œpart murder case, part corruption exposÃ©, and part Louisiana noirâ€ (New York magazine).

Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered in Jennings, Louisiana, a bayou town of 10,000 in the Jefferson Davis parish. The women came to be known as the Jeff Davis 8, and local law enforcement officials were quick to pursue a serial killer theory, stirring a wave of panic across Jenningsâ€™ class-divided neighborhoods. The Jeff Davis 8 had been among societyâ€™s most vulnerableâ€”impoverished, abused, and mired with mental illness. They engaged in sex work as a means of survival. And their underworld activity frequently occurred at a decrepit motel called the Boudreaux Inn.

As the cases went unsolved, the community began to look inward. Rumors of police corruption and evidence tampering, of collusion between street and shield, cast the serial killer theory into doubt. But what was really going on in the humid rooms of the Boudreaux Inn? Why were crimes going unsolved and police officers being indicted? What had the eight women known? And could anything be done do stop the bloodshed?

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 posit what happened during each womanâ€™s final hours delivering a true crime tale that is â€œmesmerizingâ€ (Rolling Stone) and â€œexplosiveâ€ (Huffington Post). â€œBrown is a man on a mission...he gives the victims more respectful attention than they probably got in real lifeâ€ (The New York Times). â€œA must-read for true-crime fansâ€ (Publishers Weekly, starred review), with a new afterword, 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
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-09-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-09-13
Format	Kindle eBook

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

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