The mysterious death of a successful Lafayette oil and gas man has been covered by ABC's 20/20, Dateline NBC, Vanity Fair, and numerous True Crime podcasts because the truth in this case if truly stranger than fiction.
There is a little-known slice out of Lafayette and Acadiana's history that is so horrifying and gruesome, it makes the Charles Manson murders seem like The Mickey Mouse Club...seriously.
Unfortunately, Acadiana has quite a few cold cases on the books, and we're going to take a look at few that local law authorities are working hard to solve.