During her testimony, 'Brenda' gave a description of her attacker, from which an identikit was created. Her name has never been disclosed, and she is referred to as 'Brenda' in case files. According to her testimony, she had boarded the car of an unknown man in Algiers sometime in July, and after having a conversation with him, the man strangled her into unconsciousness and dropped her off on the streets. Timeline Īccording to investigators, the crimes began in the summer of 1991, after a young black woman informed police about an attempt on her life. Some of the victims have never been identified.

Due to the isolated locations of the dumping sites, the victims' bodies were left in water spanning from several weeks to several years, resulting in extreme decomposition and destruction of incriminating evidence. Most of them were strangled to death, while a number of others were beaten and drowned in canals and rivers, and then dumped in swamps, rivers or canals near highways bordering the western shores of Lake Pontchartrain. The perpetrator(s) mainly targeted girls and women of African American descent, aged between 17 and 42, as victims.

Through the course of the investigation, two separate suspects were considered, one of whom was convicted of one murder, leading investigators to believe that multiple killers are responsible. The Storyville Slayer is the nickname given to an American serial killer who murdered at least 24 prostitutes and drug addicts, most of whom were women, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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