These sorts of human monsters appear everywhere in our cultural fiction. Just look at some of the most iconic horror movie franchise villains – Halloween’s Michael Myers, Anthony Hopkins’ unforgettable Hannibal Lecter, or the true crime-inspired Leatherface. From true crime to horror fiction, as a nation, we obsess over these terrifying, fascinating figures. My investigation, however, casts serious doubt on the theory that the Jeff Davis 8 is the work of a serial killer.One of the most compelling sources of contemporary horror is the phenomenon of serial killers.

'The details of the Jeff Davis 8 case can be murky the connections between victims, suspects, and police tangled. The town did think it was a serial killer, but at this point, the known longstanding corruption of Louisiana Law Enforcement on top of local gossip has made the theory this is all related more to the local drug and sex trade, not an actual single serial killer picking off women one by one. There are people who have claimed they've given the cops the info that would lead them to the killerS, but claim they have been ignored. There's a good book, Murder in the Bayou, about the killings.Ĭops pretty much bungled everything from the get go, either intentionally or through sheer incompetence, but they messed up bad with this one. They also, each one, had claimed to witness a murder, then they themselves were found murdered. The women all knew each other, and all worked as informants at one time or another for the local cops. There's been a congressman connected to the case through an employee of his that was part owner of a motel all the women hung out and partied at. They were all killed in Jennings Louisiana, in the Jefferson Davis parish. These women are the Jennings 8, or Jeff Davis 8.

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