Richard once owned a trucking company and then had a strip club before settling into a more unorthodox occupation. Richard has been a notorious figure in the Jennings’ “underworld” for decades, according to Ethan Brown who is an executive producer on the Showtime series and wrote an earlier book on the crimes. “These girls lost their lives because they seen something, heard something knew something that they were not supposed to know.” “I did not have anything to do with any of them girls’ death,” he said during the docu-series. Richard reportedly knew all eight women-who were said to be involved in drugs and prostitution-but has always maintained that he had nothing to do with the murders.

The victims included Loretta Lewis, Ernestine Daniels Patterson, Kristen Gary Lopez, Whitnei Dubois, Laconia “Muggy” Brown, Crystal Shay Benoit Zeno, Brittney Gary and Necole Guillory. Law enforcement authorities have said Richard is a person of interest in murders of eight women, whose bodies were found in drainage canals and along rural backroads, but Richard has never been formally charged with any of the murders which are known collectively as the “Jeff Davis 8” or “Jennings 8.” 'She stated that Frankie would pimp her out for money,' the affadavit said. After arriving at the home, officers allegedly found a meth pipe and torch along with other drugs including crack cocaine, oxycodone, methamphetamine and Xanax.Ī woman at the home also reported that Richard was her pimp and told officers that Richard had given her two Roxicodone pills in exchange for sex with men, the report said. 11 saying that Richard was using heroin and had gone into convulsions inside his home, according to an arrest affadavit obtained by. The former strip club owner and suspected pimp and drug dealer in Jennings, Louisiana where the murder victims lived, was arrested at his home in Morse, Louisiana and taken to the Acadia Parish jail, KATC reports. Richard was arrested in an unrelated case on charges linked to narcotics possession and soliciting prostitution, according to local station KLFY.

The same week true crime docu-series “Murder In The Bayou” premiered, Frankie Richard-a man authorities have said is a person of interest in the case-was once again behind bars.

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