Baton Rouge Serial Killer

The Baton Rouge Serial Killer has been linked by DNA to the deaths of 5 women in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas in Louisiana. Newspapers have suggested a link with other unsolved murders in the area but the police lack DNA evidence to prove these connections. The murder method has varied with nearly each case. Similarities between the crimes include the removal of phones from the victim's belongings and the lack of forced entry. Most murders were commited in the area around Louisiana State University[?] with the bodies being found in Whiskey Bay.

Hysteria has created many rumors and false suspect reports in the area. Previously, the suspect was believed to be a white man driving a white pickup truck. New evidence points to an African American man from the Breaux Bridge area driving a gold 1997 Mitsubishi Mirage who is also wanted in connection with an attempted rape.

External Links

• America's Most Wanted (http://www.americasmostwanted.com/site/thisweek/CS_20030125)
• Dispelling some of the Urban Legends surrounding killings (http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/batonrouge.asp)
• WAFB Baton Rouge Serial Killer Information Center (http://www.wafb.com/Global/category.asp?C=37799)