{"product_id":"2940169577297","title":"Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known As the Jeff Davis 8?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn explosive, true-life southern gothic story, \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the twists and turns of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Louisiana parish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the murky canals and crawfish ponds of Jennings, Louisiana, a bayou town of 10,000 in the heart of the Jefferson Davis parish. Local law enforcement officials were quick to pursue a serial killer theory, opening a floodgate of media coverage, from CNN to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Collectively the victims became known as the ¿Jeff Davis 8,¿ and their lives, their deaths, and the ongoing investigation reveals a small southern community¿s most closely guarded secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Ethan Brown suggests, these homicides were not the work of a single serial killer, but the violent fallout of Jennings¿ brutal sex and drug trade, a backwoods underworld hidden in plain sight. Mixing muckraking research and immersive journalism over the course of a five-year investigation, Ethan Brown reviewed thousands of pages of previously unseen homicide files to determine what happened during each victim¿s final hours. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpic in scope and intensely suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eMurder \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ein the Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an American town buckling under the dark forces of poverty, race, and class division¿and a lightning rod for justice for the daughters it lost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098001391856,"sku":"2940169577297","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169577297_p0.jpg?v=1769896939","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169577297","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}