Questions That Need Answering Three Tragic Stories   Michael D Siau, 38 of Boyce, LA was found beaten to death on September 26, 1985, in a ditch in Alexandria, LA. Unidentified white female found April 12, 1998, alongside I-49 in Lena, LA, 20 miles north of Alexandria, LA. Adam John Breaux, 50 from Houma, LA, was last seen in August 1991 at a convenience store on Barrow St. www.mysteriesofthebayou.com   Full Transcript Below Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (00:02): Hello, and welcome to another episode of mysteries of the Bayou I'm Roy today. We've got, uh, about three different cases. Uh, one, there are a couple of them have very, very little information and one has a quite a bit more than any story that we've covered so far. So go ahead. And, uh, we are the podcast that covers, um, you know, the murdered missing out of Southwest Louisiana and other places as well. We will do stories from around from around the United States. So if you have a case that is either cold or unsolved, you can please reach out to me at Roy at the mysteries of the, by you.com. Uh, I'd love to hear any case submissions, or if you have information on any case that we've presented, um, uh, previously friend relative law enforcement that did want to comment, be glad to, uh, talk to you about that as well. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (01:06): So let's just jump right in today. Uh, the first case is again, out of, uh, the repeats parish, uh, Alexandria area, the victim's name is Michael PSEO. It's spelled S a U N N. I think the French pronunciation is C. He was a 38 year old resident of Boyce, and he was last seen about 2:00 AM, September 25th, 1985. Uh, when his truck broke down, his body was later found by a jogger on the morning of September 26th, 1985. Uh, his partially nude body was located in a ditch on plantation drive near Hartwell road in Alexandria. He had been severely beaten. Uh, Mr. PSEO had a debilitating disease that made it hard for him to raise his arms over his head without experiencing severe pain. So there's a high level of doubt that he was able to put up much of a fight with whoever attacked him. It is also suspected that, um, he had a few pieces of unique jewelry that were on him that were never found. So it is speculated that the robbery could have been the motive or at least secondary once. Uh, they had killed him. They went ahead and took anything that he had a value off of him. If you have any information on this, please reach out to the repeat Sheriff's office or your local, uh, law enforcement agency or Crimestoppers with any more information. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (02:56): The, uh, the next one is one with no information whatsoever. This one I just happened to, uh, while I was doing some research on Mr. PSEO looked in, um, found this was a unsolved cold case off of the repeat sheriffs, uh, website, uh, the repeats Paris Sheriff's website. It, um, an unidentified body was found on April 12th, 1998. It was partially decomposed and was nude a white female. And she was found along the southbound ramp onto interstate 49 near the rule Lina Louisiana exit. That's about 20 miles North of Alexandria. Uh, the site is frequent in by 18 wheelers and campers that are passing through who often uses on ramp as an official us use me as an unofficial overnight rest stop. So anybody, uh, again, having any information on this, please reach out to, uh, the repeats parish, Sheriff's office, crime stoppers, uh, and just, uh, that'd be helpful. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (04:13): Any information that you have on this unidentified body that was found the next one, this is going to be one, we've got a little bit more information on than what we've had in the past. Uh, this is, uh, going to be out of home a Louisiana. The victim's name is Adam John bro. Uh, he was also known as AIJ and like I said, he was, uh, lived in Houma, Louisiana in terror, bone parish, his entire life. And he had also raised a family there. He was, uh, he was born in January, 1941. So he would have been 50 years old when he was last seen in August of 1991. And he would be approximately 79 years old today. Uh, December, 2020, uh, he is, was five 11, 160 pounds, Caucasian Brown hair, Brown eyes. And he did wear glasses. Occasionally. He does have a birthmark on his knee and a scar on his left eyebrow. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (05:28): He was last seen leaving the easy does it club, which is an alcohol support group around eight 30 on August the 28th, 1991, which is, uh, the club itself is located in the 120 block of Bernard street, about 9:00 PM. And I've read two stories on this. Uh, it's somewhere between 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM. He bought a quarter milk at a local convenience store on Barrow. And that was, uh, the last time that he was seen his locked 1988, silver Ford tempo was found two days later in Jim Bowie park, which is close. Uh, again, two descriptions I'd read. This was a claw across the street from the club, or it was, uh, within about a quarter of a mile from the, um, easy does it club where he was last seen this, uh, Jim Bowie park is adjacent to the Bible black. So his fuel Gates page was near empty. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (06:33): And it's reported that he had made a $10 purchase of fuel the day that he went missing. Actually, it was earlier in the day, uh, you know, prior to him purchasing the milk, the clerk remembered him because he made a comment about the high price of fuel. Uh, there were no signs of foul play, his wallet, two checkbooks, and a bag of cash from the AA meeting were all found in the car. Now, the one of the checkbooks was his personal, the other was the, uh, a meetings checkbook, and he was the treasurer. So he should have been in possession of that cash anyway. So robbery didn't appear like the initial motive, or at least they didn't take the time to go through the entire car. They didn't know he had the money. The, uh, one of the bad things that had happened was it had been raining so hard when his car was found. It had to be moved to drier ground over at the police headquarters, before it could be searched there. Um, the heavy rain washed away, any hope of finding other forensic evidence that could have been surrounding the car on the car itself. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (07:51): Now, this is a strange incident, strange case because four people have come forward and claim to have seen him after his August. Um, 28th last siding when he was at the convenience store, buying the milk first was an acquaintance, uh, who he had, who has since passed away, but they claim to have seen him on August the 30th, outside another convenience store on a payphone said that he appeared, uh, very rumpled and unkept. And this was kind of an oddity for AIJ since he had worked in the clothing industry for over 30 years at a local Clothier there in Houma, the witness reported that there were three men in a red compact car who, uh, were parked in front of the convenience store, watching him and AIJ was watching them back nervously. Like, you know, he knew that they were watching every move that he made. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (08:54): So a second came forward who also knew AIJ and said that they saw him about eight miles out of town with three men and a compact car. He said that he waved at AIJ, but AIG did not wave back, which was very uncharacteristic for him. So he felt like that he was under some duress as well, and both descriptions, uh, describe three men in a compact car. So the third witness, uh, was about 30 miles from home, uh, who was not acquainted, uh, previously with J claims that he came up on her porch, uh, selling frozen fish and was dirty and reeked of alcohol. And he, she actually thought that he was a homeless man. Speaker 2 (09:45): Um, the Ford Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (09:48): Witness claims to have seen three men forced a fourth into a vehicle and drive away, but he couldn't positively identify AAJ as the man that was forced into the vehicle. Speaker 2 (10:04): Uh, it all Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (10:04): Shows it also should be noted that about two weeks after AIG disappeared, the police received a note that he had shot himself while drinking and his body had been dumped in a local Lake. Uh, the Lake was reportedly, uh, searched and there was no body found. It's also important to notice to note here that while we don't like to victim shame or really talk about the previous their previous life, because it really doesn't matter. They've been a victim of a horrific crime that, you know, we just want to help solve is that, um, Mr. Breaux was a recovering alcoholic and he had been sober for eight years and he was very active in the easy does it club, which is an alcohol support group, which was one of the places he was last seen. So, uh, because he worked at a Clothier, you know, his rumpled appearance was, uh, very uncharacteristic. What a couple described him as. And, uh, one of the witnesses said that he reeked of alcohol. So there are a couple of competing theories, um, on Mr. Bros case one is that, um, he was believed, has relapsed into drinking and just, uh, walked off. The other one is that maybe he had had, uh, some type of a memory loss event from his years and years of drinking. And then his family leaves that he was abducted. And so there's, um, Speaker 2 (11:43): There's Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (11:43): Enough evidence on both sides of this coin that is just really hard without somebody coming forward and either confessing or having, uh, a lot more information on the last few days of his life, uh, what may have actually happened to him. So again, uh, if you have any information on the AIG, bro, uh, please call the Homer police department or your local local law enforcement agency. I know these have been somewhat short episodes. The, um, you know, there just, hasn't been a lot of information wrapped around these cases, uh, this, uh, AIJ, uh, it's kind of a coincidence that the afternoon I was putting this together, normally don't leave the TV on, but just had happened to have TV on and on silent. And it came up that, uh, this was, uh, a featured episode on unsolved mystery. So I felt very compelled to, you know, not wait any longer to go ahead and get this out there. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (12:52): Maybe there's somebody that has some information. He does have a daughters that are still alive and, you know, we'd love to find out, you know, would love it if he was still alive somewhere. But if not, we'd love to just find out, you know, what actually happened to him. So again, thank you for your patronage and for listening. Um, you know, we will be putting together more cases, hopefully have some more detail and make these episodes a little bit longer as we get into the future. But just, uh, none of these cases, I don't, I don't think they deserve to not be covered just because, uh, there isn't a lot of information about them. So, you know, from time to time, we will have the shorter ones just to, you know, put these, um, put these unsolved cases out there, no matter how much information they have. Roy - Mysteries of The Bayou (13:45): Again, if you have information on any of these cases, reach out to the, um, jurisdiction that is investigating them, reach out to your law, local law enforcement or, uh, Crimestoppers, give them what you may have if, uh, you have, uh, other cases that you feel would be a good fit. Just give me a call. I mean, give me an email with the details. I'd be glad to look into it, see if we can featured on an upcoming episode. And, um, or as I've said before, if you're a friend relative or have more information on these cases that we could, uh, you know, maybe do a follow-up episode where we could give more information, you know, about the individuals and the last days of their lives. Uh, that would be great as well. Again, thanks for listening. This is Roy. We are mysteries of the buy. You can find us@wwwdotmysteriesofthebayou.com. We are on Facebook, Instagram, and, uh, we will put up a videotaped, uh, uh, this episode on, um, YouTube as well. So until next time, take care of each other.  

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Shamekka Garnette found in Rapides Parish and William Lyles found in the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish Louisiana. Shamekka Garnette was last seen August 13, 2004, when she left with a friend for a night out. She was found four days later in a drainage ditch off I-49. William Lyles was last seen at approximately 3a on September 10, 1995 and was found approximately 6 hours later in the Vermillion River close to I-10. While the cause of death was drowning, he had injuries consistent with a beating.  www.mysteriesofthebayou.com Full Transcript Below  Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (00:03): Hello, and welcome to another episode of mysteries of the Bayou. I'm Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou got a couple of a couple other short cases to cover today. Uh, the first one is going to be, uh, Shameeka, Garnette. Uh, Shameeka was, uh, 20 years old. She was last seen October 13th, 2004. This was just a few days prior to her 21st birthday. Uh, she is from the Alexandria Louisiana rapedmy parish area. So, uh, she was last seen, seen leaving home at approximately 11:30 PM with a friend in their vehicle. Uh, the vehicle was later abandoned on Lee street on the Lee street on ramp two 49 near, uh, base road. Um, the weird thing about this case is that there wasn't any other information that I could find that talked about her friend. It sounded said the car was abandoned, but they never talked about either finding this other individual, questioning them if it was man, woman or anything about it. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (01:19): So I did feel like that was a little bit strange. The, um, so, uh, on August the 17th of 2004, about four days later, her body was found in a drainage ditch off of old Boyce road. Now, um, it's uncanny. It's the other thing that's strange about this is it's very unclear who is investigating this case. When you look at most of the coverage that this received in the media, on the internet, it was credited with repeat Sheriff's department, but, um, in contacting them for more information on the case, they expressed explicitly said that the Alexandria police department was handling it. So, um, what I did was reached out to the Alexandria police department for an open records request. And they, after talking with three or four people in that, that, uh, jurisdiction told me that, that they were not handling this case. So it's a little bit strange that neither one of these, uh, agencies and, you know, before I kind of get off on a rant, I want to make sure that I'm very clear that I'm very pro law enforcement. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (02:42): I know these guys do a great job. A lot of the times there's not much to go on. And so some of these cold cases go cold, not because there really wasn't much effort. There just wasn't much to go on. But having said that, I do believe in, I do believe in, uh, law enforcement agencies honoring the open request, open records, open, you know, information requests from the public as per the statute of the state. In this case, it's our S 40 four.one. And it lays it out in very clear what is considered, um, public information now in ongoing investigations, of course, you know, they always want to hold things back. They don't want to, uh, uh, do something to jeopardize the, uh, investigation in case they worked to arrest somebody in the future. But the reality is that, that there is still information that can be released. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (03:48): And, uh, not only did they not release it, but I really felt like, and going back to the case that we had last week with, uh, Teresa Gil crease, I really feel like that the repeat Sheriff's department was just playing games. And I actually reached out to the Louisiana attorney General's office. And of course they acted like first off, they acted like they didn't know what was going on. They said they don't represent individuals. I explained to the young lady that this was a state statute, that they are the lawyers for the state and that they should be enforcing the statutes that the legislature deems necessary to put out. So in turn, they should be making sure, and then they should be investigating when agencies aren't being transparent and aren't releasing public information as they should. But needless to say, I never heard back from the investigator, supposedly that was assigned to this through the attorney General's office. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (04:55): So it's easy to understand why families get very discouraged because of the lack of information and understand have a much better understanding. Now, a while a lot of people that I know, uh, out of the Louisiana area are very distrustful of local law enforcement and of the Louisiana government structure altogether. I have, I can officially say that I have bumped into that, excuse me. And I know exactly what they're talking about, and it's just a little bit fishy that nobody knows who's got the investigation. And, um, the other thing, I guess, I kind of feel like, you know, we are trying to help the families by putting the information out there, again, giving a different format, different listeners, whatever you might call it, but, you know, we just want to help them find the answers to these questions. So if you've got as a law enforcement agency, if you have somebody that is wanting to help you publicize a 15 year old murder unsolved murder case, I would think that they would do everything that would be possible to not only help get the coverage, but to be involved and provide some details. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (06:14): And of course they were extended an offer to be on the show and turn that down as well. So anyway, sorry for the rant. Just, uh, like I said, you know, we've kind of bumped into a little bit of problems up until this point. Nothing, nothing like this. So it's just very strange, you know, the other one is that, uh, you know, we've got the Gill crease that we covered last episode, but the other thing I saw doing a little bit more research on this is that again, this is not coming from law enforcement. I think it's coming from a family member, but they said, uh, my understanding that, uh, Shameeka Garnette and Courtney Coco were friends and we haven't covered Courtney's case yet kind of in, it's been on the, uh, it's been on the agenda to take a look at, but the, um, it has been covered a lot. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (07:16): So, you know, it's kind of a deciding factor for, you know, actually taking that case on. And hopefully it will be covered in the near future on mysteries of the Bayou. But, uh, Courtney lived in from what detail little details I have, she was from Alexandria, she was going to school. Um, and it's kind of unclear where she went missing from school or home, but they found her over in Beaumont between Beaumont and Houston and then found her car in Houston. I think so, uh, it's strange, but I think that, uh, Courtney's mother and, and Courtney's death happened, uh, four months after Shameeka. And so Courtney's mother feels very strong that they were connected in some way, just because they were friends and then just the way things happen. But again, the, from what I read the repeat Sheriff's, uh, parish Sheriff's office declined to confirm that these may or may not be related. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (08:32): Anyway, if you have any information on Shameeka Garnette, uh, last seen in August of 2004, please, uh, call both the Alexandria police department and the repeat Sheriff's office, somebody, uh, hopefully we can find somebody take that information if not get ahold of the state police and let them know that you have information, uh, regarding Shameeka Garnette, or Courtney Coco or Theresa Gill crease, uh, any of those let them know for sure. So let's move on to our next case. Um, this one is William Thomas Lyles, and he was, uh, born in 1974 in Cottonport Louisiana. The, he graduated from bunkie high school and he was found deceased on September 10th, 1995, which would have made him 21 years old. He was a sophomore in college attending the university of Southwest Louisiana, Lafayette. Um, he died in, uh, he died from drowning, but it has been considered a homicide with no suspects. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (09:57): He was found early on, early on a Sunday morning in the Vermilion river, close to interstate 10, a passer-by noticed his car was partially submerged in the water and his body was found near the car, an autopsy. You know, as I said, an autopsy showed that he was a victim of drowning, but his cause of death may have been due to head injuries that were consistent with the beading. Now, uh, detectives, uh, said that they believed that his car and his body did not go into the river at the same time. The, um, witnesses had reported, uh, talking to William sometime between around 3:00 AM on Sunday morning. So there's a gap between those people that said they talked to him at 3:00 AM and him being found around 9:00 AM on September 10th. Uh, sad thing is that his mother Sharon K rentals passed away in 2012, never knowing the truth about what happened to her son. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (11:12): So again, uh, reached out to the Lafayette police department, the, uh, parish Sheriff's office said that the, uh, city police was handling it, of course never heard back from them. I think there again, there were some other red tape that they didn't want to supply the information over the internet. They wanted somebody to either come in or some kind of a deal like that. But anyway, both of these, again, uh, you know, William Thomas Lyles, this has been since 1995. So, uh, going on, uh, 25 years or just past 25 years, it would be great if we could get some information again, reached, tried to reach out to some family members and did not have any, uh, any luck in getting a hold of them, or they didn't want to speak with us either way. But if you know a family member, if you are a family member, if you're a friend, somebody that may have gone to school with either one of them, uh, you know, we, again, would be interested in speaking I'm with you to try to gain a little bit more clarity on the information surrounding the time leading up to the deaths. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (12:32): I'm sure there, uh, you know, there may have not have been anybody else that witnessed it, but again, if we could build the puzzle of it, of the, uh huh. You know, the timeframe and the events that led up to both of these deaths. Yeah. We may be able to, uh, you know, at least provide law enforcement with some other clues where they can continue in the investigation. So anyway, uh, first one Shameeka Garnette last seen, uh, August, 2004 out of Alexandria, Louisiana, or repeat, uh, parish. And again, she was found in a drainage ditch off of old Boyce road. She left home at approximately 11:30 PM with a friend in the friend's vehicle and not much other information on that. So if you can help shed some light on that, please give them a call. The second one again, William Thomas Lyles. This is from 1995, uh, found in the Vermilion river. Roy with Mysteries of The Bayou (13:39): He was a student at the university of Southwest Louisiana off yet. Um, it did look like that. He probably, I had been in a fight or just beaten, uh, prior to being thrown into the river where his car was submerged as well. Like I said, D there were witnesses that said that they had talked to him at 3:00 AM in the morning, but there's a six hour gap between 3:00 AM and 9:00 PM 9:00 AM when he was found. Uh, again, this is out of, uh, Lafayette, fairly certain the Lafayette police department is handling it. But if you have information, either reach out to Lafayette police, or you can reach out to the Lafayette parish Sheriff's office that is going to do it for this episode, I've got a couple more cases putting together for our next, the one. Um, again, you can find us@wwwdotmysteriesofthebayou.com. Of course we are on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and also on, uh, have a YouTube channel where you can go actually see the, the episodes as they've been videoed. So if you have any case submissions, please, uh, email those to me@Roy with Mysteries of The Bayouatmysteriesofthebayou.com calm, or you can reach out through any one of the social media channels. Be glad to take a look again, if you or a family member know a family member or friend of Shameeka Garnette, William Laos would be interested in speaking with you about that and run a special episode with whatever information that you could provide until next time, take care of yourself, please.  

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“Crawfish Ponds and Missing Persons” Mysteries of the Bayou Episode 02: Nelson Landry Jr. and Carrie Luckey   In this 2004 cold case, a young man in his twenties from New Iberia, Louisiana is reported missing. During this period, the New Iberia Police department was disbanded, and cases were handled by the Sheriff’s Department, until 2018 when NIPD would be reinstated. Nelson’s family did not hear from him Christmas weekend and when he failed to show up for work on Monday, they reported him missing the Monday following. Shortly after Nelson went missing, a crawfish farmer reported a suspicious vehicle nearby his crawfish pond off Old Jeanerette Road near Olivier, which was reported as that of Nelson Landry Jr. Two months later in February 2005, Nelson’s body was discovered not far from where his vehicle had been found in a crawfish pond. According to the Iberia Parish Sheriff's incident report, Nelson’s cause of death was determined as drowning.   In another cold case, Carrie Luckey Fort Worth area is last seen on May 6 th, 1988, the night of her 18th birthday. Her body is found May 12 th by a tree trimming crew just off Silver Creek/White Settlement in what was then a sparsely populated area of Tarrant County, Texas. It is reported that Carrie was stabbed a total of 70 times and there was evidence of sexual assault. Authorities could not provide testimony of anyone who might have seen her last. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s office and the Texas Rangers both cited this as an ongoing investigation.   www.mysteriesofthebayou.com

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UPDATE:  On Monday, October 26, 2020 the local media reported that the body and missing vehicle of Carolyn Riggins had been located. Hunters in Cooke County had discovered the vehicle and authorities had found her body soon after. There was little other information disclosed at this time. On the Finding Carolyn FaceBook page is states the family is still raising money for an investigator, independent autopsy, and forensics.  www.mysteriesofthebayou.com Roy (00:01): Hello, and welcome to another episode of mysteries of the Bayou podcast. My name is Roy and I'm Scarlet. So today, uh, this is going to be like a mini mini update episode. We actually, uh,  one of the cases that we covered on our very first episode and just released, there has been some, um, new activity in the case. It was the finding Carolyn Riggins. She is the, she is the lady that went missing out of Fort worth, Texas back in July. And, uh, they still, uh, actually just this week, a couple of the local news outlets announced that they had found her car and her in it in cook County, but the, the information was very sparse and they didn't, they really didn't go into any more details. They just, uh, you know, I'm sure they're holding everything close to see if there was foul play and if they need to, um, you know, have a, an investigation into this further. And, um, um, Scarlet, you found saw some information on the family's web on the family's Facebook post, correct? Scarlett (01:16): Correct. Yeah. Um, we've been kind of monitoring the family, uh, finding Carolyn Facebook page and, uh, it looks like there's a GoFundMe page. It looks like the family is, um, trying to raise money for their own, uh, forensic investigation, um, their own private autopsy, uh, attorney fees and, um, some forensic investigation on the car that, uh, Carolyn was found in. So, uh, it looks like there could be possibly still updates in this case to come. Roy (01:48): Yeah. Yeah. We just wanted to reach out, let everybody know that, um, you know, that they're happy that they had found her and the car, but really technically that's the only information that we have, except for the fact that her, um, you know, Facebook page still talks about them raising money and doing, uh, they actually also said that her, um, she went missing and was found under suspicious circumstances. So that kind of tells us that there'll probably be more to this coming soon, but we will keep you updated. They speculated that, uh, they are doing an autopsy that could take it a couple months. So may not be any time soon, but as soon as we have more information, we will certainly let you know you have anything else before we go. Scarlett (02:38): No, sounds Roy (02:40): Good. All right. Again, thanks everybody for listening. You can find us again, www.mysteriesofthebayou.com. You can also find us on, uh, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. We do have a Facebook group. Once we get enough episodes out there, we hope to, uh, stimulate some discussion on these cases and also check us out on YouTube. We will be posting a live record, or we were recording, be posting the recorded episode that we are doing, uh, from this point going forward. So until then, thank you very much. Speaker 3 (03:16): Thank you.

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