181 - The Murder of Teresa Gilcrease - Part 2

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Teresa Marie Gilcrease walked out of an Alexandria, LA bar with an unknown man and was never seen alive again. Five hours later her body was found off a rural road southwest of town; she had been stabbed and run over. Early on, investigators received a deluge of tips but by year's end, the calls were drying up.

At the same time, a task force operating in Baton Rouge was back on the hunt for a serial killer after the arrest of Derrick Todd Lee showed he was not the only monster stalking the streets. Could Teresa's murder be connected to these crimes or did the answer lie somewhere closer to home?

Following up on a new tip, detectives turned their attention towards a Louisiana State Trooper. Their investigation would dig deep into the man's life in order to determine if the officer might be moonlighting as a brutal killer or if, perhaps, their unknown suspect might be someone who had disappeared without leaving any evidence to his identity.

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0:00.0	Without the horn, a unicorn is just a pretty horse.
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0:06.5	Introducing Vobos, the only fiber network providing 10 giga standard for London's most ambitious businesses.
0:14.0	Vobos, fiber for your unicorn, built by Vobos for London.
0:20.0	Today's episode involves discussion of several grizzly crimes involving sexual assault and mutilation.
0:26.5	As always, I will take care to present these facts directly and without overly gory details.
0:32.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:43.5	On the morning of June 10th, 2002, investigators from the Repeat's Paris Sheriff's Office responded to the report of a body,
0:51.5	discovered along a rural road in southwest Alexandria.
0:55.5	Upon arrival, they found a female victim who had been both stabbed and run over.
1:00.5	By noon, they had spoken to the family of 44-year-old Theresa Gilkries, who had never returned home the previous night and confirmed her identity.
1:09.5	The investigation kicked off quickly, and for weeks, detectives were flooded with tips naming potential suspects.
1:16.5	Witnesses who had seen Theresa the night of the crime stated that she'd left a local pool hall with an unidentified male, who investigators believed was her killer.
1:24.5	Despite a composite drawing in multiple photo line-ups, none of the witnesses could positively identify the man Theresa was seen with.
1:32.5	Simultaneously, a task force operating in Baton Rouge was on the hunt for a serial killer.
1:38.5	They would go on to arrest Derek Todd Lee, however they would quickly determine that another killer was active in the city.
1:45.5	While no evidence had been found to establish a link, investigators considered a possibility that Theresa might have been a victim of the yet-
1:30.5	unknown serial killer. Initially, it was thought that Theresa may have known her killer, but the truth is that she was not a killer.
1:57.5	However, it was thought that Theresa may have known her killer, but as time progressed, investigators began to wonder if the crime had been random and possibly committed by someone passing through the area.
2:08.5	Soon, the investigation would examine more than 50 suspects before focusing on a tip pointing towards a Louisiana State trooper.
2:16.5	Faced with an utter lack of evidence against any of the names they'd been investigating, they continued their desperate search for something to tie the unknown killer to the crime.
2:26.5	This is Trace Evidence, Episode 181, The Murder of Theresa Gilchries, Part 2.
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