Cold Cases in Louisiana

ColdCaseIndex documents 8 cold cases in Louisiana, spanning 1912–2022. 3 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.

8 Documented Cases
3 Still Unsolved
1912–2022 Year Range
3 Case Types

By Type

4 Serial Killer Victims 3 Homicides 1 Unidentified Person

By Status

3 Unsolved 2 Conviction 2 Solved 1 Identified

All Louisiana Cases

Solved 2022

Lacey Fletcher

Lacey Fletcher was found dead in deplorable conditions on a couch in her parents' home in Slaughter, Louisiana. She had been neglected for at least 12 years. Both parents were charged with murder.

Slaughter Homicide Age 36
Unsolved 2005

Jeff Davis 8 Victims

Eight women and girls were found dead in and around Jefferson Davis Parish over several years. Many were involved in prostitution or drug use. The FBI investigated allegations that a local drug ring involving law enforce

Jefferson Davis Parish Serial Killer Victims
Solved 2003

Derrick Todd Lee Victims

Derrick Todd Lee was the Baton Rouge serial killer who murdered at least seven women between 1992 and 2003. DNA evidence finally linked the crimes and led to his arrest.

Baton Rouge Serial Killer Victims
Conviction 1992

Jeremy Guillory

Six-year-old Jeremy Guillory was lured into the home of convicted sex offender Ricky Langley and strangled in Iowa, Louisiana. Langley confessed but has been tried three times due to procedural issues, receiving varying

Iowa Homicide Age 6
Conviction 1989

Danny Rolling Confession

Before the Gainesville murders, Danny Rolling murdered three members of the Grissom family in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1989. He confessed to these murders as well. He was eventually executed in 2006 for the Florida murde

Shreveport Serial Killer Victims
Unsolved 1964

Frank Morris

Frank Morris, a Black shoe-shop owner in Ferriday, Louisiana, was fatally burned in the early hours of December 10, 1964, when two white men set fire to his store and, according to FBI records, one of them blocked his es

Ferriday Homicide Age 51
Unsolved 1918

New Orleans Axeman Victims

The New Orleans Axeman murdered at least eight people and attacked several others between 1918 and 1919. He sent a letter to newspapers saying he would spare any household playing jazz music on a particular night. The ki

New Orleans Serial Killer Victims
Identified 1912

Bobby Dunbar

Four-year-old Bobby Dunbar vanished during a 1912 fishing trip at Swayze Lake, Louisiana. A boy recovered months later was claimed and raised as Bobby, but 2004 DNA testing proved he was not a Dunbar, confirming a centur

Opelousas Unidentified Person Age 4