Whitnei Dubois Case Summary

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The case started back on May 20, 2005, in which a man by the name of Jerry Jackson had called the police after discovering what looked like a mannequin floating in the Grand Marais Canal in Jennings, Louisiana. Reporter Ethan Brown from Matter interviews Jackson and found out that the reason he called the police was because the mannequin was attracting flies, which it normally does not do. After the police were contacted, they arrived at the scene and found out the body belonged to Loretta Chaisson, 28, who was last seen three days prior. There was a high level of alcohol and drugs in her body, but no official cause of death. On June 18th, 2005, the body of Ernestine Patterson, 29, is found six miles from Chaisson’s body, with a
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2 years later, on March 6, 2007, a 21 year old named Kristen Lopez goes missing. Her body is found 12 days later in the Petitjean Canal with a large amount of alcohol and drugs inside her. On May 12, 2007, a 26 year old woman named Whitnei Dubois is found on the side of a road with high levels of drugs and alcohol inside her, within the same area the others were found. Another year later, on May 27, 2008, 23 year old LaConia Brown is found on the edge of Jennings’ city border, doused with bleach and throat slit. After this, things get a little more shrouded in mystery. September 11, 2008 is when the next body is found, 24 year old named Crystal Zeno. However, her body was severely decomposed and her cause of death has not been made public. November 2008, a 17 year old by the name of Brittney Gary, disappears, and her body is found on November 15, 2008 and the cause of death is unknown to the public. Finally, August 16, 2009, the final victim named Necole Guillory, 27, goes missing. Her body was found on August 19th and identified on the 20th with an unknown …show more content…
It started with an officer named John Briggs, who had shot and killed a man named Leonard Crochet during a drug raid, in which Briggs thought Crochet was trying to take a gun out from near him. He was later found completely unarmed. This is what most think to have been the start of the Jeff Davis 8 as word spread around to each victim. Every single victim knew about what had happened in that drug raid. Now that the victims know, the police probably knew too considering the victims were informants for the police. This is what changes the theory to that of Criminalization, or the turning of someone into a criminal. While the culprit may never be found, there is definitely evidence along with the public who accused the police for all of the crimes. We may never know who was the one to carry it all out, but it most likely stemmed from the police raid in a Jennings house. The culprit that was turned into a criminal was most likely a police officer, the real questions is which one carried out the killings? However, if it is not a corrupt officer who committed the acts, then who could it be and what theory would this change to? If, by some chance, the true culprit is someone completely different, it seems that the theory would change to Psychopathy as it doesn’t really make sense why anyone would kill them. Even for the police, it doesn’t make sense why they would

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