The Brutal Murder of Genore Guillory
The Devil In His Face
McKey and a team of detectives and state troopers served search and arrest warrants at the Skippers' trailer on August 8, 2001, more than a year after Genore's murder.
They found several knives, two baseball bats, a few rounds of .22-caliber ammunition, and some spent shell casings.
McKey arrested Phillip Skipper for the first-degree murder of Genore Guillory.
A few days later, McKey tracked Baillio down in Tangipahoa Parish.� He'd gone to stay at a friend's trailer when things got too hot at the Skippers' place.
Baillio was standing outside in the yard when the cops came for him.� He ran into the woods but came out 30 minutes later after the Tangipahoa deputies brought out dogs.
Johnny Hoyt was even easier to find.� He was serving time at the federal prison in Oakdale, La.� Three months after Genore's murder, sheriff's detectives in neighboring St. Helena Parish caught Hoyt with three sawed-off shotguns.
Hoyt was a piece of work.� Just 22 years old at the time of Genore Guillory's murder, he already had a string of arrests for aggravated battery and assault.� Hoyt wore his hair close-cropped, shaved almost to the scalp.� A ragged goatee tapered to a point two inches below his chin.
He was also the founder of a fledgling skinhead gang called "The Brotherhood."� Phillip Skipper and John Baillio were two of the gang's original members.� All three had the letters "G.F.B.D." tattooed across their backs.� The letters stood for "God Forgives, the Brotherhood Doesn't."
It was a warning to those who might cross Johnny Hoyt and his friends.� It was the same warning Donny Fisher got after he found out the three of them had killed Genore Guillory.
Almost everyone who knew Johnny Hoyt was scared of him.� Detective McKey thinks he knows why.� "Tell me he doesn't look like the devil," McKey said as he pointed to a booking photo of Hoyt.� "You can see the devil in his face."
John Baillio was scared of Hoyt and of Phillip Skipper, but after a weekend in jail, he decided to do something about it.� He decided to talk.