New Orleans child molester questioned on unsolved killings takes the fifth 700 times
Summary
Stanley Burkhardt, a convicted child molester and former New Orleans police investigator, refused to answer questions over 700 times by invoking his right to avoid self-incrimination during a recent deposition. The questioning was part of a civil lawsuit involving alleged sexual abuse and also touched on unsolved murders of several youths from the late 1970s and early 1980s.Key Facts
- Stanley Burkhardt used his constitutional right to remain silent (pleaded the fifth) more than 700 times during a deposition.
- The deposition was connected to a civil lawsuit by a man claiming Burkhardt sexually abused him.
- Burkhardt is a former investigator of child sex crimes for the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD).
- Investigators have long considered Burkhardt a person of interest in several unsolved murders of teenagers in New Orleans from 1978 to 1982.
- A retired NOPD officer testified that the police suspected Burkhardt in the 1982 death of teenager Eddie Wells.
- Another victim publicly accused Burkhardt of admitting to Wells’s death.
- Authorities have reopened cases around the deaths of Eddie Wells and three other teens, linking them to potential murders by the same person or people.
- A true-crime podcast explored Burkhardt’s connections to these deaths and allegations of sexual abuse.
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