LaConia “Muggy” Brown

The mysterious deaths of young women in Jeff Davis Parish had stopped for a year prior to the death of 23 year old LaConia  “Muggy” Brown. She would become the first of three murders in 2008.

What is very disturbing with this case is that she apparently had began to fear for her life in the days prior to her death and stated that to family members. Who, or what, had instilled that fear in her?

“Muggy”, as she was called by friends and family, is the only victim whose body was found by a law enforcement officer. All of the others were found by private citizens. Even more interesting is that she was found (at 2 am in the morning) on a road leading to the police shooting range. Maybe it’s a routine patrol route at that time of morning but, personally, I find it quite odd that the officer just happened to be patrolling that rather remote area of the city at that time of the night.

It appears obvious that whoever left her body on that gravel road knew it would be discovered quickly and apparently that person had at least some general knowledge of how to destroy forensic evidence, hence the dousing of her body with bleach.

Sadly, like many of the other victims, LaConia left behind a young child. Her three year old son has been left to wonder where his mother is and why she hasn’t come back home. His grandmother painfully tells him that his mama has gone to the store. She has not had the heart yet to explain the truth to him.

Rumor Or Fact

Question posed on jdpkiller blog:

SilenceDogood, on February 28th, 2009 at 12:33 PM

Is there any support to the story that Muggy Brown had her throat slashed from behind as she sat in the front seat of a car? Is it also a fact that an eye witness went to the sheriff’s department and tried to give a witness statement, only to be refused and turned away because she was determined not to be (possibly by the same deputy that bought the crime scene vehicle) a credible witness? Inquiring minds want to know.

Happy Birthday Muggy

Today is Muggy’s birthday…..she would have turned 24 years old.

Jahiema Brown, 3, the son of homicide victim Laconia “Muggy” Brown, waves from a trailer as friends and family of his mother hold a march to remember her Saturday morning in Jennings. Brown was one of seven women killed and whose body was found in a string of homicides in Jefferson Davis Parish since 2005. (Leslie Westbrook/lwestbrook@theadvertiser.com)

Details about the memorial march that was held on January 24, 2009 can be found here.

Memorial March For Muggy

LaConia Brown

The family of possible serial killer victim Laconia “Muggy” Brown will hold a march and a memorial service on Saturday, Jan. 24 in remembrance of their loved one.  Brown’s was the fifth body found in a string of seven unsolved homicides of Jeff Davis Parish women stretching back to 2005.