Eleven women with ties to the University community or the Baton Rouge serial killer have been victims of brutal murders during the past 22 years. Five of these women have been linked to a serial killer by DNA evidence. Families of Christine Moore and Geralyn DeSoto, murdered in 2002, believe they also were victims of the serial killer, but there is no scientific evidence to link them. While the other four victims have no apparent connection to the serial killer, their murders are still unsolved. We ask that students now take a pro-active stand in keeping the community safe.
1. Eleanor ParkerNov. 10, 1981 – Student Eleanor Parker, 19, disappears while driving to her apartment on Gardere Lane. Police found her car on the side of the road one week later near the former downtown Goudcheaux’s, Parker’s place of employment. Officials said there was no evidence of a struggle. She has not been found, and no leads have developed since her disappearance.7. Christine MooreMay 24, 2002 – Graduate student Christine Moore, 23, disappears. Her abandoned car later is found on River Road not far from campus. Her skeletal remains are found in June in an overgrown lot next to River Road Church. The remains show a skeletal fracture. Her body was outdoors for several weeks, leaving police little physical evidence.
2. Melissa MontzOct. 4, 1985 – Geology graduate student Melissa Montz, 27, disappears during a jog on Brightside Lane. Her skeletal remains are found Nov. 25 near the LSU golf course, south of the Nicholson-Burbank Extension. 8. Charlotte Murray PaceMay 31, 2002 – Charlotte Murray Pace, 22, is found stabbed to death in her Sharlo Avenue home. Police said she came home for lunch and fought her attacker. One week earlier, she had received her Masters in Business Administration from LSU and moved from her Stanford home to Sharlo. Several items, including a phone, wallet and ring, were missing from her home. She is the second known serial killer victim.
3. Eugenie BoisfontaineJune 14, 1997 – Eugenie Boisfontaine, 34, disappears while apparently walking around the LSU lakes. Her driver’s license, credit cards and keys are found during the next three days. Her body is found in August in Bayou Manchac. She had a skull fracture. Police said there was no indication of a break-in at Boisfontaine’s house on Stanford Avenue.9. Pam KinamoreJuly 12, 2002 – Pam Kinamore, 44, is abducted from her home in Briarwood Estates. Her partially clothed body is found four days later near Whiskey Bay. Her throat had been cut.
The wife and mother worked as an interior decorator and operated a small antique store. She is the third known serial killer victim.
4. Kassie Lynne FedererSept. 13, 1999 – Student Kassie Lynne Federer, 19, is found shot to death inside her Garden District apartment. Someone kicked in the front door and killed her with a small caliber gun. Her killer has not been found.10. Treneisha Dene ColombNov. 21, 2002 – Treneisha Dene Colomb, 23, is apparently abducted while visiting the gravesite of her mother in Grand Couteau; her car was found the next day in the same place. A hunter finds her body three days later in a wooded area near Scott, a town west of Lafayette, which is where Colomb lived. She was beaten to death. She is the fourth known serial killer victim.
5. Gina Wilson GreenSept. 24, 2001 – Gina Wilson Green, 41, is found strangled in her Stanford Avenue home. A co-worker found the home health care agency manager dead after she did not show up for work.Green’s slaying is the first crime to be linked to the serial killer. At the time of Green’s murder, Charlotte Murray Pace lived three doors down from Green. 11. Carrie YoderMarch 3, 2003 – Biological sciences graduate student Carrie Yoder, 26, disappears from her Dodson Avenue home near the south gates of LSU. A fisher finds her body near Whiskey Bay 10 days later near the same spot Kinamore’s body was found. She died of asphyxiation. Yoder is the fifth known serial killer victim.
6. Geralyn DeSoto Jan. 14, 2002 – Geralyn DeSoto, 21, is found stabbed to death in her Addis home. She had registered that day for graduate school at LSU. A phone was missing from her home.
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