The Brutal Murder of Genore Guillory
Everyone Loved Genore
Clinton, Louisiana - Monday, June 26, 2000.
Deputy Sheriff Ronald Johnson recognized the smell of death as soon as he stepped into the house.� It grew stronger in the kitchen and became unbearable as he edged toward the master bedroom.
As soon as Johnson peeked into the bedroom, he saw the body.� It lay sprawled on the floor.� Naked.� Bloody.
Johnson bolted from the house.� The smell gagged him.� He threw up near his patrol car. Then he called the dispatcher and told her what he'd found.
It was 10:30 in the morning. Detective Don McKey arrived at the scene at 10:48 a.m.
The two-story, wood-frame house sat near the end of a gravel road on several acres of land in rural East Feliciana Parish.� It belonged to 42-year-old Jane Nora Guillory, Genore to her friends and family.� Although Genore had lived by herself since the death of her longtime boyfriend two years before, she wasn't completely alone.� She shared the property with 30 dogs that she kept kenneled behind her house.
Genore loved dogs.� She also loved horses.� She had four of them stabled on U.S. Highway 61 not too far from her home.
A personnel specialist for a big insurance company in Baton Rouge, Genore's office was 60 miles away, but she didn't mind the drive.� Her co-workers were almost like family.� Everyone at work loved Genore.� She was a happy person and generous to a fault.
Pauline Pitre worked with Genore for 10 years.� Their desks stood just 10 feet apart.� "She was kind, gentle, compassionate and generous," Mrs. Pitre said.�� "She was a wonderful person."
Linda Cuneo worked with her for 11 years.� "Genore was the most generous person I've ever known," she said.
Genore had taken a half-day off Friday to do some work around her house.
When she didn't come into the office Monday morning, her friends got concerned.� It wasn't like her not to show up for work and it certainly wasn't like her not to call.
A co-worker dialed her cellphone and got no answer.� A call to her home phone was answered with a busy signal.� The operator said there was no activity on the line.� The phone was off the hook.
Genore's friends got scared.� They called the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Department.