LA LA - Joseph Brant, 48, New Orleans, 2007-08

Joseph Brant, 48, convicted in the murder of Jessica Hawk, has confessed to three other New Orleans murders. Now dubbed a serial killer.

Oct 17, 2007 - Jane Doe, strangled, burned, body located by railroad tracks near Almonaster Ave bridge (Treasure and Arts Sts)

Jan 11, 2008 - Jody Johnson, 47, from Georgia, shot to death, body burned, 3600 block of Piety St.
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/slain_womans_father_located.html

Aug 11. 2008 - Jessica Hawk, 32, from Ohio, stabbed to death in her Bywater apartment, 3000 block of Chartres St.
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127297

Sept 27, 2008 - Kirsten Brydum, 25, social activist and volunteer from San Francisco, shot to death, 3000 block of Laussat Place
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198980
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"Joseph Brant come forward to accept responsibility for these previously unsolved murders," said Brant's attorney, William Sothern. "He wants to resolve these investigations and bring closure to the families. He is ready to do his time."

Brant had already pleaded guilty and was awaiting a lifetime prison sentence imposed in Dec. 2016, in connection to the stabbing death of botanist Jessica Hawk in her Bywater home on August 11, 2008.

http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_cba568dc-0cf8-11e8-ac99-e705a7889455.html

http://www.wwltv.com/mobile/article...men-in-new-orleans-10-years-ago/289-516156731
http://m.fox8live.com/wvuefox8/db_354681/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=bPkFNkc4

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Brydum's family issued a statement through their attorney Ben Rosenfeld on Thursday acknowledging that Brant, who is incarcerated in a Texas prison for a burglary conviction, has admitted responsibility for her murder.

"For the family this raises many new questions, and they are awaiting further details," according to the statement. "It is our understanding that Kirsten was abducted and raped on the night she was murdered."

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"What we don't want to lose sight of is that this was a rape and a murder. This person did not reveal that there was a sexual attack," Lindsay said. "The family is in shock. This person was not on our radar. It will be for the authorities to take appropriate action."

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"As fragile as it is, my heart goes out to the other victims of these horrendous acts. I miss Kirsten's loving voice every day and will forever yearn to touch her again," Brydum's mother Mamie Page said in the statement. "I know, had she lived, she would have touched so many more lives and this world would be better than it is currently."

Her father Steen Brydum added in the statement, "We miss Kirsten's radiance every day. We are relieved to know that the man who extinguished her incredible flame can never harm another woman."

http://www.nola.com/crime/inde...s_kirstens_loving_voice_e.html

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