Posted on 11/28/2013 6:43:35 AM PST by BBell
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Woman, 21, on Louisiana adventure to 'figure out life' is found murdered and dumped in a bayou after asking strangers for ride
The body of Lindsay Louise Ellixson, 21, was found in a canal in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday by fishermen
She had been killed by blunt trauma to the head, neck and chest and had been in the water between two and five days
Ellixson had been on an extended trip 'exploring the world', with her adoptive mother, Catherine Ellixson, saying she 'had a lot of struggles she needed to overcome'
Social media posts show Ellixson pleading for 'a ride and somewhere to stay' in the months before her death, also listing herself as 'engaged'
Her boyfriend, Clinton Allen Head, 31, said they were never 'officially' engaged but were 'in love'
Her heartbroken father, Chris Ellixson, said: 'She's looking down on us, smiling, wishing us a happy Thanksgiving.'
The FBI are hunting the killer responsible for the murder of 21-year-old Lindsay Louise Ellixson, whose badly beaten body was pulled from a bayou in Louisiana following a 'brutal and violent' death.
Originally from Orlando, the girl known for her 'big blue eyes' was traveling the country after high school trying to 'figure things out', according to family, when she was found by fishermen about 3pm Saturday in East Baton Rouge.
Investigators say she had been in the water for two to five days, with an autopsy revealing she was killed by blunt force trauma to the head, neck and chest.
The case has been classed as a homicide.
'She was beaten to death and left there,' Chief of Investigations Shane Evans told WFTV.
'Someone did this to her and put her there.'
'It was unusually brutal and violent.'
The victim's adoptive mother, Catherine Ellixson, said that she kept
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I suspect today of all days most of the turkeys are not happy. They are dead and getting cooked.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
GWB commuted Lucas's death sentence. I wonder if his confessions were just an elaborate attempt at suicide via the correctional system.
I will add another very to yours.
Really? Or did you forget the < /sarc > tag?
The college I teach at promotes women travel alone.
They posted a flyer that says:
“Travel as a single woman? Don’t wait for someone to travel with you—go at it alone here or abroad! Receive practical information on safety and activities to take charge of your life and travel as you wish!”
This poster has a picture of a young, petite woman with a backpack as she traces her route over a map.
Good gawd.
This “Buffy” mind-set is really getting out of hand.
Wish my college would publish Derb’s piece to go along with their flyer (Post 45).
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too...
My college encourages that same sort of behavior. See Post 45.
Louisiana is among the best places to figure out life, probably the most fascinating place in America, once you get back into the backwoods.
An article from the Morning Advocate in Baton Rouge gives details of her life.
Apparently she had been in LA for a couple of years and had dated someone for a time.
http://theadvocate.com/home/7627435-125/woman-found-dead-in-bayou
Usually, such tales lead to drugs and/or prostitution, although being “engaged” to a guy 1/3rd older than she was probably wasn’t a good step either.
The odds weren’t good for her. All this killer did was skip her past all the years of pain and suffering and cut straight to the ending.
Thank you for the post. A lot of information about the girl that is not covered in the article I posted.
-— When you are a young woman, really a girl, the only place to figure out life is at home with watchful parents, books and Sinday Church. And nice young men calling and girlfriends -—
It’s been a surprisingly long time since society was sane.
People doing dumb things in the presence of dangerous critters aren't just an American phenomenon. Unfortunately, people either keep forgetting or never learn that, outside of microbes and insects, man is the most dangerous predator of them all.
-— I became an exchange student in France at the age of 17, where I lived with French families for a year and had a great horizon-expanding experience -—
You were fortunate. My girlfriend went to Germany, and the husband started hitting on her. She told the wife, who then became angry with her. She left the family in turmoil.
Girls shouldn’t live in the homes of strangers. It’s a recipe for disaster.
I had no desire for Louisiana, now I have less.
Louisiana is a wonderful place with wonderful people. Like anywhere you have your bad ones. I guess it must be perfect wherever you reside.
I remember the heat he took for that article, but it’s so dead-on accurate.
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