Who's Killing Jennings - Parts I, II, III

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Since 2005, eight women have disappeared from the heart of Jennings and were later found brutally murdered and dumped in the rural areas surrounding this small, south Louisiana town.

These unsolved murders have spread fear into an otherwise quaint small town known as the cradle of Louisiana oil. some of Jennings' 12,000 residents say that these heinous crimes are killing the very spirit of a town that could be anywhere and yet could be hiding a killer, Begging the question on everyone's mind... who's killing Jennings?

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TO MANY IN JENNINGS, THE EIGHT WOMEN WHO WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES HITS TOO CLOSE TO HOME.
IN A SMALL TOWN--WHERE EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYONE--IT'S UNSETTLING THAT THE FAMILIES OF THESE WOMEN MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR DAUGHTERS, SISTERS AND COUSINS JUST BEFORE THEIR DEATH.
WHAT THE FAMILIES OF THESE WOMEN CHOOSE TO DO IS THINK OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN TIMES OF LIFE.
SARAH BENOIT, THE MOTHER OF VICTIM CRYSTAL SHAY ZENO, DESCRIBES HER DAUGHTER AS GENEROUS AND LOVING.
"SHE ALWAYS GAVE HUGS AND KISSES. SHE ALWAYS TRIED TO HELP SOMEBODY OUT. THERE WAS AN ELDERLY LADY WHO LIVED HERE IN THE PROJECTS AND SHE WOULD JUST GO AND BATHE HER AND HELP HER OUT EVERY NOW AND THEN," SAYS BENOIT.

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Five years ago, Jennings was just like any other small South Louisiana town surrounded by rich farmland and wide open spaces. Just South of the downtown railroad tracks is a much harsher landscape. Infected with drugs and crime, South Jennings remains a hot spot for law enforcement frustration and casting a dark cloud over the rest of the city. In Jennings, eight unsolved murders and a high crime rate have residents questioning their safety and law enforcement stretched thin. Outsiders are also left with unanswered questions: Is there more crime in Jennings than there was five years ago? Are the eight unsolved murders just giving Jennings a bad wrap? Is law enforcement doing all they can to make residents feel safer?

Resident Ella Boxie says, " In a way I think he's still out there, and then in a way, the police are out too much right now, so i don't think he's going to do nothing right now."

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