About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "True Crime Time For November 7, 2026 | The Unsolved Hendricks Family Murders, Louisiana Murder Cases & New Developments in the Jeff Davis 8 Investigation" from Real Life Real Crime covers The Unsolved Hendricks Family murders in Bloomington, Illinois, several Louisiana Murder Cases, and renewed investigative efforts in the Jeff Davis 8 case.
The episode opens with the 1983 murders of Susan Hendricks and her three children, Rebecca, Grace, and Benjamin. Susan's husband, David Hendricks, was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to four consecutive life terms, largely on circumstantial evidence including stomach-content-based time-of-death estimates. The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1990, and Hendricks was acquitted at his 1991 retrial, leaving the murders unsolved.
Woody then turns to Louisiana, revisiting the Jefferson Parish murders of Jonathan Pizzotto and William Mitchell tied to Cody LaBranche's conviction, a 2016 Baton Rouge homicide and dismemberment involving Oscar Perez, the 2013 Norco home invasion killing of Mary Arico, and a St. Martin Parish investigation into the death of Monkey Jones with an arrest warrant issued for Troy Borda.
The central discussion covers the Jeff Davis 8, also known as the Jennings 8—eight women whose deaths have been investigated for nearly two decades. Following a news interview about the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office's renewed efforts, Woody discusses evidence preservation, reviewing cold cases with fresh eyes, avoiding tunnel vision and confirmation bias, and examining each victim's case individually before assuming connections. Drawing on his homicide investigation background, he shares his own theory about why the killings may have stopped, while noting it is his interpretation rather than an established finding.
Hosts and release
Woody Overton hosts the show. The episode was released on November 7, 2026, running 49 minutes as part of the weekly Real Life Real Crime series.
