A person has been arrested in connection to the loss of life of a girl in Acadia Parish that has gone unsolved for greater than 20 years.
Investigators with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Workplace and Louisiana State Police, in addition to the Acadiana Crime Lab have been working collectively for years on numerous chilly case homicides, Acadia Parish Sheriff KP Gibson mentioned Wednesday. Their work led to the arrest within the 2003 loss of life of Susan Kennedy Jackson, he mentioned.
Jackson’s physique was found in December 2003 in Bayou Wikoff simply north of exit 82 close to Crowley, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace. Jackson died from blunt drive trauma to her head.
“For the previous 20-plus years, investigators have labored many chilly instances for his or her victims and proceed to take action at this time,” Gibson mentioned. “This crew has been centered and their exhausting work and willpower has led to this arrest.”
DNA proof collected within the investigation and submitted to the Acadiana Crime Lab was positioned right into a nationwide database. Lately, investigators have been notified of a match in Jackson’s case.
The DNA matched Ferris Bonham, 44 of Marysville, Washington. Bonham was incarcerated in Michigan on unrelated fees, and has since been transferred from Michigan to the Acadia Parish Jail the place he was booked on an arrest warrant for second-degree homicide. His bond has been set at $1 million.
“I can not specific my appreciation for the investigators who by no means gave up on this case. Their teamwork has led to constructive outcomes,” Gibson mentioned.
