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A review by alysonfox
Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? by Ethan Brown
4.0
I liked this book, it was interesting because I had never heard of the Jeff Davis 8 before seeing this book in the true crime section at my library. I appreciate Ethan Brown’s commitment to hunting for the truth for these victims and their families.
As with most nonfiction, there were quite a few key players in this book and it was hard for me to keep track after awhile, although there is a timeline and a chart with each of the victims’ names and cause of death in the back of the book. But I got the main gist - the cases are unsolved and there are many reasons to believe that these women were all murdered as a result of the corrupt law enforcement of the parish.
It felt timely to finish this book just days after yet another mass shooting, in which the law enforcement also failed to act. Their inability to do their job will hopefully be investigated as the dept in Jennings has been.
I am definitely going to watch the documentary that Ethan Brown put out.
As with most nonfiction, there were quite a few key players in this book and it was hard for me to keep track after awhile, although there is a timeline and a chart with each of the victims’ names and cause of death in the back of the book. But I got the main gist - the cases are unsolved and there are many reasons to believe that these women were all murdered as a result of the corrupt law enforcement of the parish.
It felt timely to finish this book just days after yet another mass shooting, in which the law enforcement also failed to act. Their inability to do their job will hopefully be investigated as the dept in Jennings has been.
I am definitely going to watch the documentary that Ethan Brown put out.