On September 22, 1991, the killer claimed his third victim, twenty-eight-year-old Charlene Price. She had no idea that it was going to get worse. However, she was unable to come up with a suspect. He was stalking women, intending to kill them.
Detective Wigginton knew that the man was out there stalking his victims. They now had a live victim who could identify an attacker – an attacker who may have also been responsible for Danielle's murder. Detective Wigginton felt that finding her was a lucky break in this case. Six hours later, shortly after dawn, Brenda awoke to find herself covered with garbage and discarded tires. He strangled her with his bare hands, stripped off her clothes, and dumped her by the side of the road. She tried to fight him off, but she did not have enough strength, so she was unsuccessful. After he stopped the car, he got on top of her and began to choke her. Despite her protests, he drove about a half mile past her friend's house to the same deserted city road where Danielle's body would be found two weeks later. Then he stopped his car, got out, and pulled her inside. He continued to insist on giving her a ride. The man persisted and continued to drive next to Brenda as she walked. She declined, saying that she was just going up a few blocks.
LOUISIANA SERIAL KILLER DRIVER
The driver pulled up to her and asked her if she wanted a ride. As she was walking, she noticed that a car was following her. She left her house and walked up Merrill Street. On the night of the attack, July 22, 1991, she decided to visit a friend. When interviewed by Detective Wigginton, she was able to recall the trauma in minute detail. Police believe she was attacked by the same man who killed Danielle. The surviving victim, "Brenda", had her voice permanently damaged in a strangulation attempt. At that point, she realized that this attack and Danielle's murder might be connected, with one difference – that this victim survived her attack. A man approached her regarding an attack of a woman which had occurred approximately two weeks earlier. Just ten minutes into the investigation of Danielle's murder, Detective Elizabeth Wigginton had her first inkling that she was dealing with a serial killer. Police are usually left to gather clues only from the silent testimony of gruesome crime scenes. By some chilling estimate, more than a hundred serial killers roam the streets of America at any given moment. She may have been the victim of a serial killer who preys on women he believes are prostitutes.
At first glance, her murder seemed to be an isolated incident. She had been strangled and possibly raped approximately twelve hours earlier. The body was identified as seventeen-year-old Danielle Britton, who lived nearby in Gretna with her mother. When he picked up a piece of garbage, he discovered the body of a young woman. He had no idea he was about to launch one of the city's most complex murder investigations. On August 4, 1991, in Algiers, across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter, a lone recycler gleaned what he could along Nevada Street, a narrow, deserted city road that was often used illegally as a dump site.
Details: The heartbeat of the city of New Orleans is its raucous French Quarter, where great music, street celebrations, and Cajun cooking sometimes overshadow a more unsavory side of the city.
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