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Morning Cup of Murder

A New Orleans Cold Case - August 22 2025

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

August 22nd: Jessica Easterly's Body Found (2019) How police handle a case can make or break an investigation. On August 22nd 2019 a body was found in a case that, from the very beginning, was marred by the lack of action by investigators. A case that, because of this, remains unsolved. https://bayoujustice.com/2021/06/mysterious-death-of-new-orleans-porn-star/, https://uncovered.com/cases/jessica-easterly-durning-new-orleans-la, https://www.fox8live.com/2024/02/27/four-years-after-her-death-jessica-easterlys-family-continues-fighting-answers/, https://justice4jessica.org/jessicas-story, https://www.change.org/p/investigate-jessica-easterly-durning-s-death-mayor-urge-nopd-to-invite-lsp-to-help, https://www.fox8live.com/2024/02/27/retired-detective-offers-aid-easterly-family-desperate-closure/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

A cup of murder...

0:14.7

How police handle a case can make or break an investigation.

0:19.9

On August 22nd, 2019, a body was found in a case that from the very beginning was marred by the

0:27.6

lack of action by investigators, a case that because of this remains unsolved.

0:34.9

So if you like your coffee hot, put your bones chilled. Sit back and start your day with a

0:40.6

morning cup of murder. In 2010, Jessica Renee Easterly experienced something few get to say they have,

0:49.2

love at first sight. She was on a boat with some friends when she met a man named Justin Durning Jr.

0:55.7

And pretty much the moment she locked eyes with the man, she knew he was the one she was going

1:00.2

to marry. And the feeling was quite mutual. Unfortunately, as life sometimes goes, after seeing

1:07.6

each other a few times, the pair seemed to lose touch, and the following year,

1:12.8

Justin was arrested twice, once for driving a vehicle through a barricade while under the influence,

1:19.4

and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and another time for domestic violence.

1:25.6

Jessica, either unaware or undeterred, it wasn't quite clear,

1:30.6

reconnected with Justin after his run-ins with the law,

1:33.7

and eventually moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to be with him.

1:38.5

She was madly in love and wanted to give things a real shot.

1:44.0

The pair officially married in a beach-themed sunset ceremony on February 25, 2015,

1:50.4

in front of a small, intimate group of loved ones.

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