The good news is that the national average is lower than most countries. The bad news is Louisiana's murder rate is more than twice the national average.
Kayla Ann Denham of Baton Rouge never returned from a home visit in Denham Springs, where she was meeting first-time client Christopher Landry for a massage.
A Mississippi man has been arrested after killing his father and stabbing his mother in New Orleans, because they ordered fast food and didn't get any for him.