She Tried to Get Her Land Back. Then She Vanished.

Dorothy Thompson was fighting to recover the land beneath her Louisiana pet cemetery. Before her court appearance in 1985, she disappeared. Weeks later, fishermen found her body in the Mississippi River, bound with steel chains. A property dispute gave investigators a suspected motive. Proving who killed her took much longer. This is the story of the missing evidence, the witnesses who emerged decades later, and the plea agreement that finally closed the case. In 2014, Brandon Nodier pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter and received a ten-year prison sentence. The case did not end with a jury verdict for second-degree murder. Subscribe to Tiny Exit for carefully researched stories of crime, mystery, and survival. Follow the evidence with us—and tell us what you think about this case's outcome. CHAPTERS 00:00 She disappeared before court 00:49 Dorothy and the pet cemetery 02:09 A groundskeeper and the land dispute 03:31 Dorothy's last known movements 04:18 The body in the Mississippi River 05:32 A suspect, but not enough proof 06:47 The cemetery's unsettling history 07:29 Two cases, two different outcomes 08:15 A tip after decades of silence 09:14 The witness who claimed to be there 10:43 An indictment and a fragile case 11:51 The plea agreement #TrueCrime #DorothyThompson #TinyExit