Louisiana

27,498 murders reported in Louisiana from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 69%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Axeman of New Orleans
1918–1919 · New Orleans, Louisiana
SerialUnsolved6 victims
Between May 1918 and October 1919, an unidentified intruder broke into homes in New Orleans and nearby Gretna at night and attacked the people inside, often with an axe from the house.
Derrick Todd Lee
1998–2003 · Baton Rouge and south Louisiana
SerialConvicted7 victims
Derrick Todd Lee was linked to the deaths of seven women in and around Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana, between 1998 and 2003.
Jeff Davis 8
2005–2009 · Jennings, Louisiana
SerialUnsolved8 victims
Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women from Jennings, a small town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, were found in canals, on rural roads and in woods around the town, and the last beside Interstate 10.