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United States. State (s) Louisiana. Date apprehended. May 27, 2003. Derrick Todd Lee (November 5, 1968 – January 21, 2016), also known as The Baton Rouge Serial Killer, was an American serial killer who, from 1998 to 2003, terrorized the areas surrounding Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana, by committing the murders of at least seven women. [1]
State (s) Louisiana. Date apprehended. April 29, 2004. Sean Vincent Gillis (born June 24, 1962) is an American serial killer and sex offender who murdered eight women in and around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 1994 until his arrest in April 2004. In his initial arrest, he was charged with three counts of first degree murder and three counts of ...
Samuel Little (né McDowell; June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American serial killer of women who confessed to committing 93 murders between 1970 and 2005. [5] The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program has confirmed his involvement in at least 60 murders, the largest number of confirmed victims for any serial killer in American history.
In 2016, the Discovery Channel began a series called "Killing Fields" about a cold case in Louisiana. The show follows the investigators in real time as they try to solve the crime, which took place in June 1997. This is the first true crime series developed by Discovery. [1] The show is executive produced by Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana ...
A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence.
Dixie Mafia. The Dixie Mafia, or the Dixie Mob, is an American criminal organization composed mainly of White Southerners and based in Biloxi, Mississippi, operating primarily throughout the Southern United States since at least the late 1960s. The groups' activities include movement of stolen merchandise, illegal alcohol, and illegal drugs.
The female death row is at Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel. [6] Executions in Louisiana are currently performed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. [7] Louisiana's method of execution is lethal injection. In 2024, Governor Jeff Landry signed a bill that adds two more methods of execution, with nitrogen gas and ...
On January 11, 1972, eight men were charged with murder and inciting to riot. The men accused were named: Lawrence Brooks, Robert Barber, David McKinney, Toussaint L'Ouverture Hale, Clennon Brown, Warren Hall, Ramon Eames and Ridgley Williams Jr. All but seven defendants ranged from ages 21 to 25.