Earline Hebert Adams
December 4, 2006
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December 6, 2006THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A list of 25 people whose deaths were being investigated by the Southeast Louisiana Killings Task Force as of July 2006, their home towns, and the dates their bodies were found.
Victims of the earlier killings were from the New Orleans area, while those found later were from the Houma area. Boutte is halfway between the cities.
New Orleans-area killings
1. David Levon Mitchell, 19, Killona; July 14, 1997.
2. Gary Pierre, 20, Boutte; Dec. 14, 1997.
3. Larry Ranson, 38, St. Charles Parish; July 31, 1998
4. Oliver Lebanks, 27, New Orleans; Oct. 5, 1998.
5. Joseph Brown, 16, Boutte; Oct. 20, 1998.
6. Bruce Williams, 18, New Orleans; Nov. 27, 1998.
7. Manuel Reed, 21, New Orleans; April 30, 1999.
8. Angel Mejia, 21, Kenner or Boutte; June 20, 1999.
9. Mitchell Johnson, 34, Kenner; Sept. 1, 1999.
Houma-area killings
1. Michael Vincent, 23, Houma; Jan. 1, 2000.
2 Kenneth Randolph, 20, Houma; Oct. 6, 2002.*
3. Anoka Jones, 26, Houma; Oct. 13, 2002.
4. Datrell Woods, 19, Houma; May 26, 2003.
5. Larry Matthews, 46, homeless Thibodaux man; Oct. 10, 2004.
6. Michael Barnett, 20, Houma; Oct. 25, 2004.*
7. Leon Paul Lirette Jr., 22, Houma; Feb. 20, 2005.*
8. August T. Watkins III, 31, Houma; April 9, 2005.*
9. Kurt Michael Cunningham, 23, Houma; April 28, 2005.*
10. Alonzo Hogan, 34, Raceland; July 2, 2005.*
11. Wayne Smith, 17, Houma; Aug. 16.*
Town unknown
1. Nicholas Pellegrin, 21
2. Chris Sutterfield, 21
3. Kenneth Randolph, 20
