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Shantel Marie Osborne

Case from Marrero, LA dated Aug 30, 1982

Victim Details

Shantel Marie Osborne

Female

Marrero

LA

1982-08-30

4

Shantel

Marie Osborne

07/18/2026

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In the late summer of 1982, a wave of violence shattered the community of Marrero, Louisiana, forever changing the lives of one family. Among the victims was four-year-old Shantel Marie Osborne, a young girl whose life was tragically cut short on August 30th. On that devastating day, Shantel, her mother Sheila Thomas, who was a Jefferson Parish Deputy Sheriff, her father Carl Osborne, and her maternal grandparents, Myrtle and Owen Griffin, were all brutally murdered. The horrific crime was not a ...
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  • UPI: 'One-man crime wave' indicted in eight slayings - UPI Archives
  • UPI: Former boyfriend shoots deputy, four others - UPI Archives
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    I've been diving into the details surrounding the tragic murder of Shantel Marie Osborne and her fam... ...Read More
    02/05/2024
    Has anyone else looked into the complaints Sheila filed with the Sheriff’s department? I'm trying ... ...Read More
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