Geralyn DeSoto, 21, was found dead in her home in Addis, Louisiana, on January 14, 2002. She had been beaten, stabbed and her throat cut; her husband discovered the body and was initially considered a suspect. A journal kept by Geralyn and reports from neighbors about domestic disputes focused early attention on the marriage.

Investigators later shifted away from her husband after DNA from the crime scene linked to Derrick Todd Lee, who was tied to a series of murders in the Baton Rouge area. In August 2004 a jury found Lee guilty of second-degree murder in Geralyn’s death; he received a life sentence for this killing. Lee was later convicted in other murders and received a death sentence in one case; he died in 2016 of heart disease while on death row.

Does anyone have information about Geralyn’s life in Addis or remembers details from that time that could shed light on her final days?