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Cold Case Files

Murder in the Bayou: Lost Soul in Lafayette

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

When the body of free-spirited Bonnie Ruphard, 47, is spotted by a runner in Lafayette, LA, police suspect domestic violence. The case sits for a decade until DNA places a sprawling Bayou family under the microscope for her murder.


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This program contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners.

1:21.6

Listener discretion is advised.

1:24.2

My mom said she was going to Louisiana.

1:26.8

And next thing you know, she was gone.

1:29.3

The east side of Lafayette, it's a very remote area, very desolate.

1:34.3

Someone could really do some heinous things in those areas.

1:37.3

They're gaiters, water moccasins.

1:40.3

It's not all fun in games when you get lost in trouble quick. This was probably one of the bloodiest scenes that I had seen.

1:48.0

Her neck was cut very deep and possibly multiple times.

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