Joe Brant
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Joe Brant | |
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 2013 mugshot | |
| Born | July 13, 1969 |
| Convictions | First degree murder (3 counts) Second degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4+ |
Span of crimes | 2007–2008 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
Joseph Brant (born July 13, 1969) is an American serial killer and rapist who killed at least four women in New Orleans between October 2007 to September 2008 in the then-post-Hurricane Katrina environment.[1]
Brant was in prison on burglary charges when the other cases finally caught up to him. He eventually confessed and pleaded guilty to the other three murders and received three additional life sentences.[2]
On January 11, 2008, Jody Johnson, a former cheerleader from Georgia struggling with a painkiller addiction, was walking in the 7th Ward when she went missing. Her body was found the next day with a gunshot wound to the forehead, and it was clear that it had been set on fire. Then, on August 11, 2008, the body of Jessica Hawk, a 32-year-old botanist, was found inside her home on Chartres Street in Bywater, New Orleans.
On the night of September 27, 2008, Kirsten Brydum, a San Francisco community activist who was visiting New Orleans, left a party to go home. Later the next day, police found Brydum's body on the side of the road. She had a gunshot wound to the head, and her purse and wallet were stolen. Because of that, police initially believed her death occurred during a robbery in which the perpetrator engaged in a struggle.[2]
