Crystal Shay Benoit Zeno, known to family as Shay, was 24 when hunters found her badly decomposed body on a levee in woods near a dry irrigation canal just south of Jennings, Louisiana, on September 11, 2008. She had been reported missing on August 29, 2008, and was last seen at the Sonic Drive-In in Lake Arthur, where she once worked. Identification took nearly two months because of the advanced decomposition, and the death was ruled a homicide; the specific cause of death was not publicly released.

Crystal’s killing became the sixth in a string of eight unsolved murders of women in Jefferson Davis Parish between 2005 and 2009, often referred to as the Jeff Davis 8 or Jennings 8. Many of the victims knew one another and had overlapping backgrounds, including drug involvement; Crystal was acquainted with some of the other victims, including Brittney Gary. The investigation has been troubled by controversy, claims of police misconduct, and repeated dead ends. No one has been convicted in connection with any of the deaths.

Does anyone have information about Crystal’s movements in late August 2008 or about acquaintances she may have been with around the time she disappeared?