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Barbara Bourgeois

Case from Paulina, LA dated Mar 18, 1997

Victim Details

Barbara Bourgeois

Female

Paulina

LA

1997-03-18

58

Barbara

Bourgeois

07/17/2026

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In the spring of 1997, a quiet neighborhood in Paulina, Louisiana, was rocked by the violent death of one of its own. Barbara Bourgeois, a 58-year-old female teacher's aide at Lutcher High School, was a familiar and comforting presence in her community. Her predictable daily routine, which included fetching her morning newspaper, was a small but noted detail of neighborhood life. It was the disruption of this very routine on March 18, 1997, that first signaled something was terribly wrong. A con ...
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