The coroner determined the victim, Manuel Reed, 21, had been strangled and sexually assaulted. Then the body of another Black man was found in Kenner, another community in the investigators’ jurisdiction. This effort failed to move the investigation further. A composite sketch was released to a local newspaper and French Quarter gay establishments, according to investigators. “Mitchell’s lifestyle was similar to Oliver’s background,” said Thornton.Ī witness came forward with a description of a white man Mitchell was with before his murder. There were no defensive wounds but there were signs of sexual assault. The autopsy revealed the death was caused by strangulation and neck compression. This victim, identified as Mitchell Johnson, 34, also had ligature marks. In August 1999 investigators were called to another murder at the same location where LeBanks’ body was found. Ten months passed and no leads were turned up. “There was an indication that he would hang out on the street corner and possibly engage with passersby, other males, potentially to have a sexual encounter.” The father of five children, LeBanks “was unemployed at the time,” said Thornton. Hair identified as belonging to a Caucasian person was found on LeBanks’ body and collected as evidence. More men with the same deadly marks would turn up dead over the next nine years.
Dennis Thornton, of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, told “Mark of a Serial Killer,” airing Saturdays at 8/7c on Oxygen. “There were clearly visible marks on the side of the neck,” Det. He had died from asphyxia due to strangulation, according to the autopsy report. The victim, identified as Oliver LeBanks, lived near the French Quarter in New Orleans. Then, in October 1998 in Jefferson Paris, police were called to investigate the murder of an African American man whose body was found beneath a roadway overpass. In the late 1990s, New Orleans and its suburbs were experiencing a spike in violent crimes.
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