“More From Da Berry and Beyond” Terry Delahoussaye and Teresa Gilcrease

Following the cold case of Nelson Landry Jr., comes another cold case from “Da Berry.”  Terry Delahoussaye, nicknamed “Sniff”, was celebrating his 62nd birthday at the seafood connection in his hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana.  On that night of December 5, 2015, Mr. Delahoussaye was murdered. He was found slumped over in his vehicle where he suffered a gunshot wound to the head on the 300 block of Field Street.  Those who had seen him last noted that his gold jewelry and money were missing from his person when police found him.  Mr. Delahoussaye was an active member and volunteer in his community. His murder remains unsolved and is an ongoing investigation.

44-year-old Teresa Marie Wren Gilcrease was back in her hometown of Alexandria, Louisiana to attend her daughter’s high school graduation in 2002 where she would go missing. She and her husband had moved to Baker City, Oregon where he worked as a pharmacist.   At this time, Mrs. Gilcrease was staying in Boyce, Louisiana.  Her last known movements were leaving the bar called The Stick Pool on MacArthur Dr. in Alexandria in the wee hours with an unknown male on June 10th, 2002. A sketch of the suspect was circulated, and her rental car was found in the parking lot. Ms. Gilcrease’s body was found not long after by a farmer in the Alexandria area. She had been runover by a car and stabbed.  The Rapides Sheriff’s department ruled out 50 suspects, including a Louisiana State Trooper.  Crime Stoppers featured the case in 2013, however, her murder remains unsolved and is an and is an ongoing investigation.

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Roy (00:03):

Hello, and welcome to another episode of mysteries of the Bayou. I'm Roy I'm Scarlet. We got a couple of great cases to bring you today. Uh, the first one we're going to talk about is, again, out of new Iberia. It is, uh, uh, Mr. Terry Delahoussaye. He was, um, he was nicknamed sniff and on, uh, December 5th, 2015, he was found deceased in his car at the age of 62. And, uh, upon further investigation, the, um, police found that he had been shot in the head and, uh, the way I read this, it was like, um, it was like the driver's side door may have been locked, but the passenger door was open. And as I kind of what you got. Yeah,

Scarlett (00:57):

Yeah. That's, that's what I read. Um, we were able to get a police report and, um, uh, you know, some of the details are a little sparse, but that was, um, definitely laid out for us. Okay.

Roy (01:08):

Yeah. So, uh, the other thing, I think this was his birthday or right around his birthday. They had been out that night having a celebration. They had been over at the, uh, seafood connection. And then, um, after the party broke up, he left and, uh, was later found in the 300 block of field street. Now the, um, they say that once he left the seafood connection, after the celebration that his, uh, that he did have cash and jewelry on him that were not found after the police found his body. Now, the, the other thing that was a little bit strange is that, um, the, the way that the police report and the way that some other reports, uh, talk about this, it was almost like his car was in, still in the middle of the road running when they found him. And, uh, uh, somebody called in and said, Hey, there's a guy slumped over in the car.

Roy (02:15):

And the police came out, of course, found that he had been shot. So it's almost like he either stopped in the street for somebody he knew, or some people stopped him, you know, in order to, uh, to Rob him. But, um, yeah, that was, um, it's terrible. At 62, he had had my understanding worked at the same company for about 30 years. So he sounded like a, you know, a stable individual and, uh, just happened to run into, um, some gun violence. Probably like I said, it sounds like probably for robbery of the cash and jewelry, uh, really were not found on his person. Did you have any other, uh, any other details?

Scarlett (03:02):

No, it's, it's just, you know, it's, it's super tragic. Um, this man seemed like a lovely person and it was just so sad. It was, you know, his 62nd birthday, he was out celebrating and, um, that this happened to him and you know, that his family still doesn't unfortunately have any answers. This is still an ongoing investigation.

Roy (03:21):

Yeah. And if we can backtrack on our time, I know we talked a little bit about this. In our last episode, we had a, another person out of new Iberia. Uh, but, um, at this timeframe he was found December 5th, 2015. If my math is right, this is at a point when the new Iberia police department had been disbanded. And so, uh, I think that was from 2004 to 2018. Is that correct? Yep, that's correct. Okay. So this was a point when the new Iberia police department had been disbanded. And so the, um, new, the, excuse me, the Iberia parish Sheriff's office is the one that's been handling the investigation. Of course, w while we did get a police report that had minimal details of the do's site, that it says being, uh, an ongoing investigation is why they could not provide us more details, but there seem to be quite a few unsolved homicides during this time period. And even though that after 2008 18, the new Iberia police department has been reinstated and is up and running again, these investigations that happened during this time period still remain with the Sheriff's office. So that is, um, unless you have something else to add, that is really all, again, this is one of those, Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry.

Scarlett (04:56):

Oh, you know, uh, you know, I'm sure that certain information is obviously as, as, as being withheld because it is ongoing. Um, you know, I would like to know, you know, maybe the car was fingerprinted if any neighbors were questioned, if they had seen anything that were on that block, um, all of these kinds of, you know, basic things, but again, there's most, most likely a lot of this information is probably being withheld.

Roy (05:20):

Yeah. And it's also, um, you know, was this on his way home? I, you know, um, you're more familiar with the area, so I don't know a field is close to the seafood connection, but, you know, was this on his way home? Did he go over there for a reason? Um, you know, just a lot of, a lot of questions like that, that still remain. And, um, the other thing is like, again, just want to reiterate this as exactly why we started this podcast is because people like mr. DeLuise, they just have not gotten a lot of coverage. Now. I'm not, not faulting law that maybe they didn't have a lot to go on with the, um, clues or, you know, during the investigation turning stuff up. But there just, hasn't been a lot of media coverage. And so, you know, it just makes you wonder really what has happened since the time of his death.

Roy (06:16):

And, uh, anyway, we just want to be sure to put all of this out there on the off chance that may be, somebody will come forward. Either they may have been on this block at that time. They may have seen him leave in the seafood connection. Cause, uh, you know, we don't know, maybe somebody jumped in the car with them when he got in the parking lot and, you know, forced him to drive over there until they finally got what they wanted. You know, those are the things that, um, I think a lot of times as witnesses, we don't realize the power of the information that we may have where we may not have seen the actual crime committed, but we may have seen some things that led up to it. That would be very helpful to law enforcement. So again, if, um, if anybody knows anything, please contact the Iberia parish Sheriff's department with anything. All right. Anything else before we move on?

Speaker 3 (07:13):

Nope. Nope. Moving on, moving along. All right.

Roy (07:15):

Well, we'll talk about, uh, next. We're gonna talk about, uh, Theresa Marie Ren Gilchrist, and I do apologize for the jets flying over the S the sound of freedom. We love it. We live not far from an air force base and also a Lockheed plant. So they're always though sometimes flying and testing every now and then we do get a little, a little tree top buzz come through. So if you hear it, that's what it is, but

Speaker 3 (07:45):

Is it just insert the top gun soundtrack? How was

Roy (07:53):

Actually re reciting a line from that show? And I show up, and I don't know, 30 something years ago now, but still, still recite reciting the line. Oh, I know what it was. I was telling somebody the other day, you know, do you have that number for that truck?

Speaker 3 (08:08):

That's fine. Uh,

Roy (08:11):

Anyway, uh, so yeah, this is Theresa Marie Rin Gilchrist's. Um, she was actually found in repeats parish, Louisiana, which is the, the, uh, Alexandria area, but, um, mrs. Gill crease born on February 14th, 1958. She was, uh, found in 2002. So she would have been around 44 at the time of her death. She was a native of Boyce. Um, just again, let me just kind of drop back for a little bit on, uh, before we move too much further off of Terry DeLuise. Uh, first off we did reach out to the Iberia Sheriff's Parris department. See if they would provide somebody to come on and talk to us, they declined. And we also did look for some relatives of mr. DeLuise and were unable to make contact with them. So as we go through these cases, if you know of, uh, relatives, we would still like to talk to them to get clarity, and we would even record, um, you know, another episode kind of a follow up with a family member or just whatever information we could gain.

Roy (09:25):

So please always keep that in mind, if you know of any information personally, or if he know somebody connected with the family, uh, it would be awesome for you to pass this information along to them and just let them know we would still like to talk to them. And the reason I brought that up is because I had, uh, on ms. Gill crease, I had reached out to her sister who still is in the area. And I had also, uh, extended invitation to the repeats parish Sheriff's office to provide somebody and they declined. So, uh, anyway, she was about 44 at the time of her death. She's a native of Boyce and she, um, she was living in Baker, Baker, city, Oregon at the time she had, uh, returned to Alexandria to attend her daughter's high school graduation. So, um, I don't know if you have any more details leading up to that.

Scarlett (10:27):

Yeah. Um, and then, you know, we do know that her, um, I guess she had moved or relocated, uh, to Oregon because her husband is, uh, was a pharmacist and got a job out there. And it looks like, um, Theresa was maybe a social worker. She got her master's in social work at LSU. So again, just your everyday working professionals.

Roy (10:47):

Yeah. Yeah. So she was last seen on June 10th, 2002, she was leaving the stick pool and billiards, which is on MacArthur drive there in Alexandria. She was last seen about 1:30 AM with an unknown male. And, uh, there, there is actually a composite that we will provide it's, um, it's on the, um, it's been in the newspapers and maybe on the internet, you can find it, but, uh, there was some people that saw him and what's, what's odd is that, um, I want to think that there were over 50 people that were interviewed that were in or around this stick at that time of not that, you know, still hasn't really provided enough answers as we go through this. Uh, you know, you'll see that there, there have been some, uh, movement in the investigation, but just no, nothing concrete enough to bring somebody to trial. Um, she had a rental car, which, um, she had into Dallas and then took a rental car and it was found in the bar's parking lot.

Roy (12:00):

And, um, her body was actually found by a farm worker at one 32 Jenkins road, R I think it's also called sand and gravel there in Alexandria, uh, East of highway one 67, pretty close to the campus of LX LSU, Alexandria. Uh, she had been stabbed at least five times and run over by a vehicle. And the family feels that one of the people that have been interviewed is the actual killer, but again, not enough evidence, this one 32 Jenkins, if you look it up, it's, uh, it's still a fairly rule or it is rule, uh, part of the County. So there wasn't a lot of probably, you know, after one 30 in the morning, there probably wasn't a lot of traffic on this road. And I don't think there were any houses or other establishment clothes that somebody would have seen something. Um, also, uh, not only was she stabbed five times, but she was run over by vehicles.

Roy (13:07):

So, uh, again, not a lot of details in, you know, if it was a high speed or something that lower speed, but could be some damage to a vehicle. So if he knows somebody that, that, uh, back at this timeframe that had damage that was unexplainable, or, you know, if you worked in a body shop and fix somebody's car, you know, those are all things that would be very helpful, um, you know, to come forward. So there, um, because they have, they don't have the vehicle. There were no, there was no DNA that was left at the scene. Um, they have conducted numerous lineups, uh, throughout time. The, uh, like I said, the family feels that the, that the, there was a person who was interviewed that was responsible and the, uh, 2003 associated press article report, you know, there were over 50 suspects and in her death, including a Louisiana state trooper and this particular trooper and other associated press article also said that this trooper was cleared of serial killing of five young women in Southwest Louisiana, which started in about 2001, the, um, which it's,

Scarlett (14:29):

Um, I know that part was interesting as well because, um, Derrick Todd Lee was a serial killer that many people were familiar with. Um, he was active from 1992 to 2003. So that certainly would have been on everyone's mind, you know, as a possibility. So I think that was kind of an interesting overlay.

Roy (14:51):

Yeah. The, um, the other thing that was kind of strange that I found it, it wasn't mentioned everywhere, but, um, I'm trying to get down here to, in my notes that the, um, this state trooper may have been a nephew of the sheriff at the time of repeats parish. Uh, I don't have anything that really, uh, corroborated that I saw it in one place. So again, not, you know, not for sure, just trying to, I'm just trying to report what we have, what we have uncovered, uh, mrs. Gilchrist sister believes again, that, uh, the suspect was interviewed about a year after her killing. And then, um, it said that the, uh, Sheriff's department had spoken with her father again in 2013 about a suspect. And, um, that was about the time it was featured on a, uh, through the crime stopper. So I'm not sure if that was related, maybe a tip came through crime stoppers, um, that put them on to somebody else.

Roy (16:05):

And, uh, you know, of course her sister described her as a loving mother, sister great-granddaughter and, uh, and, um, excuse me, a great daughter. And that was a, you know, part of the family was part of the reason that she came back, like you said, uh, her and her husband had recently moved to Oregon, but she came back to Alexandria to go to her daughter's, um, um, high school graduation. And, uh, I think she decided to stay around for a little bit. She didn't go, um, uh, just flying in and then immediately home. So she was, you know, kind of hanging around the area some, and, um, it's just sad that, um, you know, somebody going out to have a, have a good, uh, have some fun one evening, and this happens to them. She had been, I was just going to one more thing. I was just going to mention that she had been staying at, um, the, uh, in her parents. She'd been staying with her parents in their boys' home. And she had spent a few days there at an Alexandria hotel as well. So

Scarlett (17:20):

Yeah. You know, um, I guess what's interesting also about, you know, this case. It was 2002. And, um, I think we had talked a little bit pre-show um, if, if it was possible that, you know, any surveillance footage within the bar, um, on the streets, gas station banks, I know it was in the, it was early in the morning at 1:30 AM, but maybe there was some sort of, kind of, uh, surrounding footage that caught the vehicle or caught her getting in vehicle, you know, just something that kind of tracked her movement.

Roy (17:52):

Yeah. I, I didn't see anything that had to do with video, and I know that, uh, you know, it's become a lot more prevalent nowadays than it was back then, but like you said, ATM's have had, uh, cameras for years and then also gas stations and things like that. So I'm not sure, uh, what kind of effort, you know, like I said, they, at one time had a pool of 50 suspects, so I guess they might, maybe they thought they had, uh, all they needed. And, you know, then because of th the other thing that was a lot more prevalent in the early two thousands versus today is the storage of video. I mean, it's become much more compact. We have bigger and better storage devices, but a lot of times back in those days, they may be running on a 24 hour loop. So if somebody didn't get to that tape within a certain time period, it would have been recorded over and moved on. We're now, you know, I think a lot of these businesses and, um, public cameras, wherever they think they do a lot better job at storing for longer periods of time, just because of the, you know, the advancements in technology.

Scarlett (19:04):

Yeah. Uh, certainly, and, you know, and then the other thing, you know, it's unfortunate that, you know, we don't have any information on the vehicle and that there was no DNA at the crime scene, but, you know, I was wondering if, if we even know where the, at, where he at, you know, where she was run over on the road, if there was any track marks, uh, was her body moved after it was hit, you know, a lot of these kinds of details, right?

Roy (19:29):

Yeah, no. And you would think, I assume that the 50 suspects were probably 50 people who were in this pool hall at the time that she walked out and you would, you know, unless this guy was a stranger in town that just happened to walk into the right place at the right time, you would expect that he would have acquaintances that were probably in there, you know, who he was with and playing pool with as well. So it, again, maybe one of those people, conscience will finally get the better of them and they'll come forward and, you know, provide some details. It's just hard for me to, uh, you know, I've been to those places and every now and then, you know, somebody off the street wanders in that doesn't really know anybody, but typically it's a place where friends go to, you know, maybe have a drink, shoot some pool talk and do things like that. So I would suspect strongly that somebody within this establishment, uh, knew who she left with.

Scarlett (20:26):

Right. I would agree. Yeah.

Roy (20:30):

All right. Well that is, um, of course that's all the details I have. Just kind of a recap. If you have any information, uh, on Terry DeLuise out of, uh, new Iberia, if you know, you know anything about his death at all, please call the Iberia Sheriff's department. If you know, any of his family or friends that would be able to provide us more information on, you know, him as an individual and also on the events that may be led up to this evening. Uh, you know, please reach out to us. Uh, our emails areRoy@mysteriesofthebayou.com and scarlet@mysteriesofthebayou.com. We'd be glad to, you know, interact and have a chat and see what further information we could find. And, uh, again, on the second case to Marie ran Gil Chris out of, um, repeats parish, Alexandria was where she was last seen. So if you have any information on her, uh, her investigation is with the, uh, repeats pare Sheriff's office and, uh, be sure and give them, or crime stoppers a call and provide any information that you may have, or if, if you know, family members or friends that could maybe provide more information on, you know, the, the events leading up to her death, uh, you know, prior to that night, that would be great to have them reach out to us as well.

Roy (22:04):

So on our last episode, we, um, you know, we found a, uh, made us a new friend there in Lafayette, Louisiana, the bookstore, the Beausoleil bookstore. You want to tell us a little bit more about that Scarlet?

Scarlett (22:19):

Yeah. Uh, so if you haven't already, there's a great independent bookstore in downtown Lafayette there, uh, located on Jefferson street, uh, recently went, uh, about a weekend ago and, um, bought, you know, purchased a bunch of new books. Um, they have a great, uh, French section. So if you are a Francophile and you like to read in French, or you know, that the holidays are coming up and you need a gift, there's a great little, uh, kind of unique French book section as well as a local section. So definitely go in and check it out, sit on one of their couches, uh, enjoy reading. And, uh, the atmosphere is great Beausoleil books. They're located on Jefferson street in downtown Lafayette.

Roy (23:00):

Yeah. And I posted on our last episode, uh, you know, we've talked a little bit about them and I posted a picture of the books, their logo in, of course of their reading room, but it looks like an awesome place to go sit down, pick your favorite book out and, uh, you know, just kinda enjoy some relaxing time in their reading. Uh, course I love books. And that's why I was so excited to, uh, that you found them is because it's very difficult now with, uh, you know, a lot of bookstores closed down and, um, you know, even here in the Dallas Fort worth area, you have there's maybe one or two, uh, spread all over town. It's not like it used to be where they were on the corner. So that's exciting. We wished them a lot of luck and, you know, one thing that we can do to help them succeed is to patronize them.

Roy (23:50):

Uh, you know, if you're, if you're in the area of course, drop by the store, pick up your favorite title or, uh, you know, look for something new. If you want to look through the crime genre. I think last time we, I was, uh, actually I don't have it with me. We had a picture of the, um, uh, Louisiana sheriffs that have gone arrive at that. That's been a good read, so a bunch of good, uh, crimes genres to pick from as well, but also we, you can reach out to them online and I'm pretty sure that they have a curb service. I think even if you know what you want, if you're near, you could call them, uh, they'll bring it out to the car. And, uh, if not, you can order it online and have it shipped to you. So,

Scarlett (24:34):

And it was pretty great too. It's like fast food delivery for books. That's awesome. It's great.

Roy (24:40):

So anyway, give them a call. Uh, like I said, we, uh, you know, if you are a new business in the Southwest Louisiana area or new or old, it doesn't matter. You know, what we want to do is, um, you know, this, this show is kind of a one way that we can give back. We're trying to give back to the victims and their families by publicizing these, uh, unsolved crimes of homicides, missing people. So we want to do that for them, try and get as much publication or as much, uh, you know, traction for them, putting it back out there, keeping it in front of people as we possibly can. Well, we also decided that, you know, we'll try to give some of the local businesses plugs too. This has been a tough time on businesses of all kinds. So, you know, if you have a business that you'd like for us to give you a short plug, uh, you know, please reach out to us on the website and we'll, uh, you know, we've got limited space available, but we will certainly try to work everybody in at some point in time. All right. Well, that's all I've got for today. Uh, I appreciate you looking into these with me and, uh, I think we've, we've got a couple more, I'm trying to turn on to remember it's been a whirlwind of a week, uh, but I'm trying to remember, I think next week we have, uh, another case out of Rapids parish and, um, the other one is going to be out of, uh, Lafayette, Lafayette parish itself there.

Scarlett (26:18):

Yeah. And, uh, just a reminder, um, you guys listen to us, please, uh, please leave us a review. Um, we would greatly appreciate it. Uh, so we continue what we're doing. Uh, we are on iTunes and Google play and Stitcher, and, um, I guess Roy we're, uh, also on, you could probably fill us in there with where they can find them

Roy (26:42):

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Roy (27:56):

All right, well, thanks a lot, everybody. Uh, y'all have a good rest of your week and we look forward to seeing you next week with the, um, the other cases they're out of, uh, Alexandria and Lafayette until next time. Um, Roy with mysteries of the Bayou

Speaker 4 (28:14):

And I'm Scarlet take care. Thanks.