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Mar 2025
38m 7s

Murder in the Bayou: Lost Soul in Lafaye...

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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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