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Kirsten Brydum, 25, was an activist from San Francisco who was traveling the country via train. She'd borrow friends' bikes to get around in the cities where she stopped. She arrived in NOLA on 9/25/08 via train. She attended a concert at the Howling Wolf in the Warehouse District around 11pm on 9/26. She was last seen on 9/27 at around 1:30 am presumably getting on the black cruiser bicycle a friend had lent her to cycle back to the home of friends with whom she had been staying in the Bywater neighborhood.
On the morning of 9/27, her body was discovered around the 3000 block of Laussat Place in the Florida neighborhood, well past the Bywater coming from the Warehouse District. Her boyfriend at the time, Josh Viola, believes Kirsten may have gotten lost due to the poor street sinage & lighting in the area (a big problem particularly in the first few years after Katrina & even in 2008....heck, in some places even today in NOLA). The bike she was riding as well as her tote bag have never been found. She had been shot several times. She had not been sexually assaulted. Her murder remains unsolved & there is a $10,000 reward.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/09/murder_victim_has_not_been_for.html
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-activist-slain-in-New-Orleans-robbery-3192134.php
Memorial website set up by Kirsten's friends & family: http://www.kirstenbrydum.virtual-memorials.com/
Although some articles say robbery was the motive (her wallet, the bike, her bag are missing), this one says something different:
"The timeline stops at 1:30 a.m.," Defillo said. That's when Brydum hopped on a bicycle and left the bar. She was found seven hours later, fully clothed. She had not been sexually assaulted, police said. Robbery doesn't appear to be the motive, but her bicycle is missing."
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/murdered_womans_final_hours_a.html
On the morning of 9/27, her body was discovered around the 3000 block of Laussat Place in the Florida neighborhood, well past the Bywater coming from the Warehouse District. Her boyfriend at the time, Josh Viola, believes Kirsten may have gotten lost due to the poor street sinage & lighting in the area (a big problem particularly in the first few years after Katrina & even in 2008....heck, in some places even today in NOLA). The bike she was riding as well as her tote bag have never been found. She had been shot several times. She had not been sexually assaulted. Her murder remains unsolved & there is a $10,000 reward.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/09/murder_victim_has_not_been_for.html
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-activist-slain-in-New-Orleans-robbery-3192134.php
Memorial website set up by Kirsten's friends & family: http://www.kirstenbrydum.virtual-memorials.com/
Although some articles say robbery was the motive (her wallet, the bike, her bag are missing), this one says something different:
"The timeline stops at 1:30 a.m.," Defillo said. That's when Brydum hopped on a bicycle and left the bar. She was found seven hours later, fully clothed. She had not been sexually assaulted, police said. Robbery doesn't appear to be the motive, but her bicycle is missing."
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/murdered_womans_final_hours_a.html