Aug. 12, 2019, Jessica Easterly Durning - originally from Ocean Springs, Mississippi living in Lakeview with her husband and stepdaughter - called her friend Maria multiple times one after another frantic until she finally answered. Jessica was desperate for her friend to come and pick her up. They made a plan to meet up the following day and that’s the last anyone heard from Jessica. Two weeks later, her sister found her body around an intersection that backs up to New Orleans City Park.

It took months for Jessica’s body to be identified and it has been a year with no more known progress. Her family is still searching for answers. Listen now to Jessica’s story now and visit justice4jessica.org.

If you have any information involving the case, you should contact the third district police department at 504-658-6030 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.