Season 1: The Murder of Donna Arceneaux

Freeze Frame

But Why Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

5 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

I’ve spent years investigating a lifetime of disturbing allegations in my hometown, and now I’m inviting you to join me as this chillingly personal story descends into a murder investigation of 40-year-old single mom Donna Arceneaux. I knew her—very well—and the journey to finding her killer has left me with one burning question: Is Washington Parish ready for the truth?

After a decade-long career as a reality TV executive, I was comfortable behind the scenes. But the more I dug, my calling became clear—what’s the truth about my hometown? Why have accusations about my family’s business dealings circulated for so long? And why has Donna Arceneaux’s murder fallen on deaf ears? I didn’t know where this investigation would lead, so I recorded everything.

Join me as each episode unfolds, just as my investigation did in real time.

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0:00.0	Where do you think the drugs around here come from?
0:13.0	That is your man.
0:15.0	You need to be careful with this man.
0:17.0	He is not who you think he is.
0:28.6	Right now you've got a very powerful man pissed big time at you.
0:31.6	Do you carry a gun? Because, truly, you could wind up in a ditch.
0:34.6	Dead. lined up in a ditch, dead. Washington Parish, Louisiana.
0:42.3	It's my hometown, where knowledge of crime and corruption go unspoken, and where the rumor mill is deadly.
0:51.3	I returned in 2020 to investigate decades of allegations, from drug trafficking to political
0:57.0	corruption, and I was met with dozens of warnings like the ones you just heard.
1:01.0	I knew poking around might upset certain people, but what I didn't realize was betrayal, blackmail,
1:08.0	and ultimately murder would consume my life for years to come.
1:11.6	1158, B. M. 42nd, October 23, 2017.
1:18.6	9-11, was your emergency?
1:22.6	Okay, we've got a disease body. We've been worried all day.
1:26.6	Please come, please. day. Please come through.
1:28.3	Okay.
1:29.3	She told everybody, if anything ever happens to me, one of them did it.
1:33.3	He became obsessive and control link.
1:38.3	That's when things kind of went bad for Donna.
1:41.3	The minute I went in the house, I felt just this overwhelming feeling of danger.
1:49.0	She didn't kill herself. She was killed. She was murdered.
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