The Victims

Question, Has any one noticed that the African American girls had their throats slit? Is that a factual statement? If so, that is a HUGE clue to the race and mentality of the killer.

nugzter said:

Question, Has any one noticed that the African American girls had their throats slit? Is that a factual statement? If so, that is a HUGE clue to the race and mentality of the killer.

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It's factual that the 2 black victims had their throats slit, yes. It's never been reported that any of the other victims had their throats slit, although, there hasn't been any official cod listed for any of the other victims except for Necole Guillory, I believe.

Read through the "Victims" thread when you get a chance. It's a pretty quick read, and should catch you up on the basics.

nugzter said:

Question, Has any one noticed that the African American girls had their throats slit? Is that a factual statement? If so, that is a HUGE clue to the race and mentality of the killer.

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yes, yes, and YES

http://www.kplctv.com/global/video/...g=Search Results&activePane=info&rnd=74195593

According to this, Crystal Benoit Zeno, Bittney Gary, and Necole Guillory all died from some sort of asphyxiation. These were the last 3 victims found.

Ernestine Daniels Patterson (vic #2) and Laconia "Muggy" Brown (vic # 5) were the only two african-american victims, both had their throats slit, and both had ties to Lawrence Nixon.

The body of Loretta Chaisson Lewis (vic # 1) was too decomposed to determine cause of death. Same goes for Kristin Gary Lopez (vic # 3) and Whitney Dubois (vic # 4). Loretta was only dead a maximum of 3 days, and Whitnei a maximum of 2 days, yet both bodies were so decomposed a cause of death couldn't be determine?! Even though Whitnei was found not in water, but on an isolated road?! Cmon.

It's interesting that Kristin's mother recounts that Kristin was called in for questioning when Loretta Lewis was found. It's also interesting that Frankie Richard was questioned in the deaths of Loretta, Kristin and Whitnei.

But anyway...considering the above, is it not somewhat reasonable to consider that we're not looking at one killer here, but possibly 2 (or even or 3?)

Decided to take a look at the murders by year and date.

2005
May 17, 2005 (Tues) Loretta Lewis last seen.
May 20, 2005 (Fri.) Loretta Lewis' body found in canal.
June 16, 2005 (Thurs.) Ernestine Patterson last seen
June 18, 2005 (Sat.) Ernestine Patterson's body found in canal
* Note: both murders occurred within 1 month of each other

2007
March 6, 2007 (Tues.) Kristin Gary Lopez last seen
March 18, 2007 (Sun.) Kristin Gary Lopez' body found in a canal
May 10, 2007 (Thurs.) Whitnei Dubois last seen
May 12, 2007 (Sat.) Whitnei Dubois' body discovered in middle of a rural road.
*Note: The murders of Kristin and Whitnei occurred within 2 months of one another. Almost 2 years went by between the last murder on 2005 and the first murder on 2007.

2008
May 27, 2008 (Tues. evening) Laconia "Muggy" Brown last seen by grandmother.
May 28, 2008 (Weds. 2:00 am) Muggy Brown's body is discovered by a police officer on a
rural road near a police shooting range.
August 29, 2008 (Fri.) Crystal Benoit Zeno last seen.
Sept. 11, 2008 (Thurs. approx. 3pm) Crystal Zeno's body discovered by hunters in
a dry irrigation canal off Lacour Rd.
Nov. 2, 2008 (Sun. @5:30pm) Brittney Gary last seen on surv. cam at Family Dollar
Nov. 15, 2008 (Sat. @ approx. 12:30 pm) Brittney Gary's body discovered by member of
family search party on the side of Keystone Rd.
*Note: All 3 murders occured within 5 months of each other. Roughly 1 year passed between the last murder in 2007, and the first murder in 2008. Of all 7 victims at this point, Brittney Gary was the only murder to occur in the Fall.

2009
August 16, 2009 (Sun.) Necole Guillory last seen
August 19, 2009 (Weds. approximately 1:30 pm) Guillory's mother files missing report
August 19, 2009 (Weds. approximately 2:30 pm) Necole Guillory's body found
*Note: Necole is the only known victim in 2009. Her murder occurred approx. 9 months after the last murder in 2008.

For those who entertain the serial killer theory, it's interesting to note that the 2005 murders occurred in a 1 month period. No known murders in 2006. The 2007 murders occurred over a period of 2 months, and the 2008 murders occurred over a period of roughly 6 months. So you could argue that there's an escalation pattern after a period of dormancy. Don't know that I'd argue that, but you could. It might be interesting to look at similar murders in nearby states between Nov. 2008 and August 2009. :dunno:

Not sure how illuminating this info is, but it helps me to see it laid out, so there ya go.