Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And the story I have for you today could probably be its own season of counterclock. It is about eight women, all last seen in the same small town in Louisiana, all connected by much more than their deaths. And this rabbit hole goes deep. But answers could be just around the corner because someone knows something.

And all it takes is one person to unravel this decades-old mystery.

So crime junkies, grab your snacks, pull out your stringboards, and settle it.

Because this is the story of the Jeff Davis 8. It's May 20th, 2005, and a man named Jerry Jackson is ready for a warm, relaxing afternoon fishing.

He's standing on a bridge, overlooking a canal less than 10 miles from his home in Jennings, Louisiana.

And before he even baits his hook, he notices something churning in the water below.

At first, he thinks he's looking at a mannequin.

Never, cherry.

But he has reason for thinking that.

So he had recently heard a news story about some mannequins being stolen nearby. So at first,

he's like, yeah, he's like, oh, it must be one of those stolen mannequins. But as he looks closer,

he has this, like, sickening realization that plastic wouldn't attract the swarm of flies that he

sees buzzing around. So he quickly calls 911, and within minutes, authorities from the Jefferson Davis Parish

Sheriff's office are on the scene.

And they begin to pull a woman's body out of the canal.

She's clothes.

She's wearing blue jeans, a white blouse, but nothing else is on her.

Like no ID, nothing.

And considering that she's in an advanced state of decomposition,

they know IDing her could be tough.

So her autopsy the next day tells them that she's been in the water for about three days,

but they can't find a cause of death.

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