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The Crimes Of Derrick Todd Lee, The Baton Rouge Serial Killer Who Raped And Murdered Seven Women

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After the violent deaths of three women in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Baton Rouge Police Department knew they had a serial killer on their hands.

The world would come to find it was the work of Derrick Todd Lee, a Louisiana man whose abusive upbringing and explosive nature created a recipe for disaster.

By the time he was captured, Lee had killed seven women — at least, that’s how many the Baton Rouge police have confirmed. But some think he has more than double that amount of victims. This is the story of serial killer Derrick Todd Lee…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Derrick Todd Lee’s Tumultuous Childhood

The AdvocateDerrick Todd Lee’s yearbook photo in 1986.

Derrick Todd Lee was born Nov. 5, 1968, in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Lee dealt with a very dysfunctional and abusive home life from the get-go.

According to WAFB, attorneys for Lee said his biological father had bipolar disorder and psychosis and was largely out of the picture in both his and his 13 siblings and half-siblings’ lives.

At only three years old, his stepfather would reportedly beat him as his mother watched. Lee failed to find relief at school. His fellow students mocked him for being in special needs classes there.

They would call him “retarded” and make fun of how he called his teacher “momma” and sucked his thumb in class.

While Derrick Todd Lee’s parents and peers abused and bullied him, Lee looked for ways to express his anger. He found somewhat of a release in becoming his neighborhood’s peeping tom and abusing animals.

On several occasions, police arrested Lee on voyeurism, stalking, and burglary charges. From these experiences, Lee learned how to smooth talk his way out of bad situations he found himself in.

He would later use these skills to transform into a violent, unremorseful adult.

An Adulthood Marred With Violence

As Derrick Todd Lee Lee got older, life didn’t get easier. Lee dropped out of school after the 11th grade due to his difficulties with bullying and behavioral problems.

Things didn’t seem to get better after leaving school, either. For one, he continued to live with his mother, whom he became increasingly combative towards. By this point, authorities had arrested him for several offenses.

On one occasion, Lee reportedly lit his own car on fire to collect the insurance money and attacked the mother of a man who accused him of peeping.

One of the few silver linings to Lee’s life came in September 1988 when he married Jacqueline Denise Sims. The couple had two children together but decided to split after Lee abused her and threatened Sims’ father with a gun in 1989.

That same year, Lee started a fistfight at a bar in St. Francisville, and authorities arrested him for disturbing the peace.

Lee’s problematic behavior became intense enough for the courts to recommend therapy, but he never showed up to the appointments.

To any outside observer, Lee’s life looked like it was on a steady downhill trajectory. Still, the violence he later succumbed to was far more shocking than anyone would have imagined.

Derrick Todd Lee Begins His Decade-Long Killing Spree

Derrick Lee Victims

WBRZVictims of Derrick Todd Lee: Randi Mebruer, Gina Green, Geralyn DeSoto, Charlotte Pace, Pamela Kinamore, Trineisha Colomb, Carrie Yoder, and Connie Warner.

Though never proven definitively, it’s thought that Lee’s first victim was Connie Warner, an accountant from Zachary, Louisiana. Warner lived at the Oak Shadow subdivision — and so did Lee.

Between Aug. 23 and Aug. 24, 1992, Warner disappeared. Authorities found her body on Sept. 2 near the state capitol building.

Unfortunately, Hurricane Andrew blew through on Aug. 26, washing away crucial evidence at the crime scene. An autopsy found that Warner likely died of a skull fracture caused by an intense beating. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

According to The Advocate, the Zachary Police Department suspected Derrick Todd Lee immediately, but a lack of physical evidence prevented them from arresting him.

The next attack took place in April 1998. Lee abducted Randi Mebruer from her home in Zachary while her toddler slept peacefully in one of the bedrooms. Lee then raped, beat, and stabbed Mebruer to death.

The next murder occurred in September 2001 when Lee raped and stabbed Gina Green in Baton Rouge. He struck again in January 2002, beating and stabbing 21-year-old Geralyn DeSoto in Addis. In May of the same year, Lee raped and stabbed Charlotte Pace, a recent LSU graduate, to death in Baton Rouge.

Derrick Todd Lee’s final three known victims were Pam Kinamore, Trineisha Colomb, and Carrie Yoder. Lee had raped and slit Kinamore’s throat on July 12, 2002. Colomb had been raped and beaten to death on Nov. 21, 2002, and Yoder had been raped and strangled on March 3, 2003.

These are the confirmed victims of Lee, but investigators believe there could be as many as 17.

In many cases, Lee pretended to be a kind stranger asking for help. When the victims obliged, Lee would turn deadly.

Police Capture The Baton Rouge Serial Killer

Police Custody Of Lee

The AdvocatePolice escort Lee through the East Baton Rouge Governmental Building.

With the sudden surge in disappearances and violent murders, police were on the hunt for a serial killer. Thankfully, Derrick Todd Lee’s name was on their radar from day one.

During the investigation, a woman named Dianne Alexander came to police to report that an African American male had attempted to rape and strangle her in her home on July 9, 2002. This man came to her home asking to use the telephone. When she agreed and opened the door, Lee attacked her.

Thankfully, Alexander’s son came home and scared Lee off during the attack. From this encounter, authorities better understood the attacker’s physical description and car.

Authorities extracted physical evidence from several of the crime scenes. Although an initial FBI report found that the killer was likely a white male between the ages of 25 and 35, a Florida lab notified police that the forensic evidence they collected likely came from an African-American male.

With this, authorities looked deeper into Derrick Todd Lee.

According to court documents, authorities collected a DNA sample from Lee on May 5, 2003, and tested it against forensic evidence at the crime scenes. It was a match for Green, Pace, Kinamore, Colomb, and Yoder.

When police went to Lee’s home to arrest him for the murders, they found that he had fled the state. However, it didn’t take long for authorities to track him down to Atlanta and arrest him there on May 27, 2003.

Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington stated that Lee did not resist arrest, as reported by WBRZ.

“I know now that we have taken a very dangerous person that’s a serial murder suspect off the streets of Atlanta, and I’m sure the citizens of Louisiana are proud as well that we’ve taken this very dangerous person off our streets,” Pennington stated.

Derrick Todd Lee was found guilty of the murders of Geralyn Desoto and Charlotte Pace and sentenced to death.

For the victims’ families, it was some amount of justice.

However, Lee never reached his execution day, as he passed away from heart disease in 2016 at 47.

“I was not disappointed to hear that he died of natural causes,” John Sinquefield, Louisiana’s deputy attorney general, stated to A&E. “That assured me he would never get out. I think justice was done for the victims.”

 

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Surgeons were left stunned and ‘screamed in disbelief by what they found in drunk man’s stomach’! –

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We need to be careful in what we eat and not only physically, but also spiritually and psychologically. If we eat healthy food physically, we will have a proper growth and development, and our body will be supplied with good ingredients for its normal functioning.

But, we also need to be careful what we insert into our bodies. Sometimes people accidentally swallow something they shouldn’t. This was not the case with this drunk man.

Per reports, the surgeons were stunned when they needed to remove a steel cup from a man’s stomach, which they believe was initially inserted into his ‘behind…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

An unnamed man was reporting stomach pains for several days and no treatment seemed to work, despite seeing multiple doctors, according to The Post. He then saw Dr. Lal, who did an X-ray and discovered the cup inside him. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The man was then rushed to surgery where surgeons successfully removed a cup the size of a hand from what appears to be an incision in his stomach.

According to The Post, video shows the procedure which begins with one doctor cleaning the stomach area before carefully removing the silver cup with the bottom of the object facing up. Medical staff appears to be in disbelief as the surgeon holds up the tumbler for the camera.

The man, who works as a laborer, has recovered well, according to reports. The medical professionals have hypothesized that the cup reached his stomach after being inserted up the man’s ‘behind’. Doctors said the man got extremely drunk with three strangers after returning from a grocery store, where he had gone to get vegetables. By the time he sobered up, the unknown people were not present, and doctors aren’t sure if the man shoved the cup up his rectum himself or if he was assaulted.

 

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3-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Shocking Accident Outside Of Ice Cream Store. Suddenly, Her Mother Remembers Her Blanket –

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The love of a child is priceless, so when that child passes away, it is a very devastating thing to intake. It is hard on the parents as well as the family. However, the love and joy for that child never goes away and they live forever through memories of happiness.

Three-year-old Sadie Grace Andrews is will forever be remember and honored after she was killed accidentally while outside of an ice cream parlor.

In Auburn, Alabama, Sadie was outside playing with her other siblings when by accident she ended up slipping into a grease trap and drowned.

Now she is being honored and remembered for her remarkable love Of God and the ones she cared for the most…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

“She had more faith than any child I’ve ever seen,” Sadie’s mother, Corrie Andrews, told AL.com. “And I’m not just saying that because she was my child.”

“We know without a shadow of a doubt, our baby is with Jesus,” Corrie added.

Corrie says that her daughter’s name means, “God’s Thoughtful Princess,” and that is exactly what Sadie was. She was the perfect princess, the best reflect of what her name embodies.

“And she really was that—always expressing gratefulness and love for God and other people. She would light up a room with her smile; she walked with a skip in her step. I’ve never met a more joyful child who loved God with all her heart.”

Sadie’s father, Tracy Andrews, said that he’s happy, appreciative and grateful for the three years that he along with their family got with spend with their precious Sadie, and reflected on the many lessons his daughter was able to teach him about life and love.

“She taught me about being happy and loving life and loving people,” Tracy said. “At 3 years old, there’s no preconceived notions. To her, everybody was good. She didn’t see the bad. She just loved people and it didn’t matter what they did.”

Lance and Kara Latham are the owners of Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, the shop where Sadie tragically drowned on Saturday. They released a Facebook statement on Sunday, extending their deepest condolences for the family’s loss. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“As the owner of the Auburn Bruster’s, our deepest condolences go to the family of the child who tragically died Saturday. They are acquaintances of ours and have been regular customers. We are truly heartbroken that this happened. Our thoughts also are with our young crewmember who tried to revive the child. Like all of us, he is quite shaken. The entire Bruster’s family is horribly saddened by this tragic accident.”

They encouraged others in the community to continue praying for the Andrews family.

Sadie’s uncle, Chad Vermillion, also organized a YouCaring campaign on the family’s behalf.

“The body of Christ is powerful when we act together and if we can help alleviate their burden let’s do so,” Vermillion wrote in the fundraiser’s description. “Above all else, please pray for my dear sister Corrie and brother-in-law Tracy. The pain is insurmountable right now.”

Corrie says God used Sadie the morning that she died, to prepare the mother of six for the grief that lay ahead.

Sadie was attached to a blanket from her grandmother, that she slept with every single night. On Saturday morning though, Sadie put the blanket in a bag and told her mom that she no longer needed it, and wanted to give it away.

“Looking back, it’s as if she knew she wouldn’t need it anymore.”

One thing is certain, Sadie Grace brought more joy to this world in her three short years than many of us can fathom in our entire lifetime. She exuded the love of Jesus, and her family takes comfort in knowing that she is Home with Him now.

Praying for peace that surpasses all understanding, and healing for every single person whose life was touched by this beautiful little angel.

 

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She Didn’t Want to Pay for a Divorce. So She Shot Her Husband in His Sleep and the unexpected took place –

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Melanie Biggins, a 42-year-old woman from Missouri, found herself in a situation that ended in tragedy. She was married to Ettienne L. McEwan for nine years, but their relationship had been struggling. For the last year and a half of their marriage, Melanie had been having an affair. She wanted to leave her husband, but she felt trapped because she didn’t have the money to file for a divorce. Instead of finding another way out, she made a terrible decision that changed everything.

On August 31, 2022, Melanie called 911 in the early hours of the morning. She told the police that an intruder had broken into their home and shot her husband while they were both asleep in bed. When the police arrived, they found Melanie trying to save her husband by performing CPR. She claimed that she had woken up to the sound of a gunshot and saw her husband had been shot under his chin. She said she ran downstairs and saw the front door open but didn’t see anyone…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

At first, the police believed her story, but things didn’t add up. Melanie initially told them that the only gun in the house was her husband’s rifle. However, as the investigation continued, she admitted that she had bought a handgun from a pawn shop. The police also found a pillow and blanket with bullet holes on the floor, and they discovered a .38 Special handgun hidden under a bunk bed in another room. These clues made it clear that Melanie’s story about an intruder wasn’t true. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Eventually, Melanie broke down and confessed. She admitted that she had shot her husband. She explained that she had been unhappy in their marriage and wanted to end it but felt she couldn’t afford a divorce. In a moment of desperation, she made the tragic choice to kill him instead.

Melanie was originally charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, which could have led to a life sentence. However, she made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. Because of this plea deal, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison instead of facing a much harsher punishment.

 

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