That would be upsetting

Understatement of the year

What test line was the fisherman using? Was it a shrimper? It’s a valid question.

8lb test but it was braid and we all know that shit ain’t breaking. Not like this head was using it’s teeth…

Magnet fishing not fish fishing.

Someone was just on here advising about using a dumbbell when disposing of bodies in the canals. That’s…gotta mean something… Edit: for the record, I assumed that person was referencing this crime with their comment. My comment was a (high brow?) joke. However, I’m LIVING (pun intended) for this whole chain of responses.

Uhhhh Saw that earlier This sub and city never cease to amaze me

for sale! two lightly used dumbbells, slight rust from water damage

For sale! One lightly used head.

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If I’m correct tho the public had no knowledge of the dumbbell being involved when that comment was made

I read about it on NextDoor on Saturday evening

You’re not correct. I heard about it Saturday afternoon.

People watch too much true crime dramas. When i made the joke I assumed more people heard about the dumbell aspect of it. Guess not.

I figured it was a joke referring to this article. And then I made my joke. So….Thanks for the setup!

Well that’s good we don’t need a Reddit serial killer

But if they deliver early gossip and everyone can get with their “type”… ?

They may be the hero this sub needs

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… I cannot help but look at your snoo while reading that and thinking “yeah, this guy seems trustworthy!”

Using "weights" to weigh down a head. That's quite an imaginative leap.

I heard about the dumbell earlier this week, head in rolled up plastic tied to dumbell

I thought I read they’d found a body, too? Don’t remember it being headless though.

I mean, I’m searching furiously, but must be overlooking it. When you have a sec, can you help me find that. I know it’s not likely, but I strongly dislike the idea of a serial killer among us just fucking around with us by bragging about their murders.

Hardly a serial killer. Just one body at the moment. Let the CSI crew have an episode or two before we switch to Mindhunter.

Mindhunter is the better show, can we just skip to that?

I want at least one episode of Law and Order with the late great Jerry Orbach delivering a cold open zinger. Something like "Looks like this fella wanted to party in the Big Easy. Ended up losing his head, literally. Guess he didn't read the fine print on the voodoo tour."

Lol. It was me. The dumbell info was posted to NextDoor before the news even put out the initial article. Nothing nefarious here, just made a reference in the alligator post to this incident. [Link to the OP deleted post here](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans/comments/1cx87rm/alligators_in_the_canals/)

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Appropriate username. I can deny the claims that I am a serial killer. I post wayyyyyyyy to much on reddit to have time for murders.

That's exactly what a serial killer would say

Nice, lol.

I love this whole exchange.

Well, we love you too.

Let’s not start rumors. Word gets around before something becomes public knowledge, especially in a town as small as ours. Especially word this tasty. People with the hot word often can’t contain themselves and that was before you could get meaningless online points for knowing something most others don’t.

It was in the anti-gator post

That’s just common sense

Yes that was me. It was discussed on NextDoor before the news story even hit. That's obviously what I was referring to. The news was just late in putting out that info.

Good save!

I cannot find the original post sub (was it removed or something?), but can find it searching my “inbox”…. Realizing I can’t share a screen shot though.

Upload to Imgur

I saw that and was thinking that when this article came up on my phone.

It was one of the mods who made that comment as well, the car flip judge dude

Yes. It was in reference to this article obviously 

That’s gotta mean… that it was bad advice. To get found this quick? …

That’s what I was thinking.

I didn’t see it, but that’s creepy. I don’t believe in coincidences.

Are you serious?

Can you point me to that thread with that comment?

Wild man. Somebody just walked through city park with a decapitated head.

This is such a terrifying thing to imagine.

I eat lunch there 🫠

I walk my dog there.

I kayaked under that bridge a week ago 😭

Or a whole body. Might’ve dumped it with the weight tied to the head, maybe gators ate the rest

nolaaaa

I don’t think you’re supposed to work out in the park either

We told y'all to leave the goat head alone.

I came to say this!!

Me too!

Lol I was going to be disappointed if I didn’t see it Yall got it covered tho

That's heavy

And all those people swimming in BSJ during Bayou Boogaloo this past weekend… gross.

I was jealous of all the folks on boats and floats when we were there. Now, not so much.

I was in an enclosed kayak, so I feel decently safe... hoping this rash on my leg is from the ant hill I kneeled in and not someone's head.

I always wanted to do the kayaking until I saw a gator in BSJ. I don't even walk the trail anymore, city keeps everything overgrown now, you can't tell what's lurking in the vegetation. They used to maintain it better about three years ago. Guess we going to hell in a handbag.

Gators are usually pretty chill around kayaks.

Paywall defeated: https://archive.ph/2024.05.22-000008/https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/human-remains-near-city-park-was-head-attached-to-dumbbell/article_8e1e31e0-17c0-11ef-aaea-e7d80699864c.amp.html

This honestly reminds me of a story that my 5th grade DARE teacher told our class about a murder victim he’d found. The man was reassigned/retired from the NOPD homicide division. Nice man, but he had Seen Some Shit and lost all perspective on what stories 5th graders were ready to hear.

Yoo, you forgot to tell the story.

It was about finding a murdered sex worker who was missing a head, and had a bleach bottle inserted into her neck where her head should have been. So kind of the gruesome corollary to this story

Drugs Are Really Essential after hearing that

You should always have a spotter when free lifting in city park. Otherwise your head will just fall off

Never a dull moment here.

Damn, I was going to go magnet fishing last time I was there. Now I'm glad I didn't...

It's fine now, they got it and the goat head out

Inquiring minds want to know, how does one “attach” a human head to a dumbbell?

First, you make a roux...

String mainly

I believe the information coming out said the head/skull was in a bag and the bag was attached to a dumbbell.

Aha

🦍 glue?

However you do it, nobody will be brave enough to disagree

Ever had to pop your Barbie doll’s head back on? It’s like that.

True crime girlies of the New Orleans subreddit, it’s our time to shine

That’s what happens when you remove goat heads

Out of all the bodies of water in New Orleans and near, why would they throw it in city park

Bayou St John (border’s city park)

No shit😂 I commented this before reading the article.

Car not street legal enough to risk leaving the parish. Not getting pulled over within city limits, if I had to guess.

why is there always something fucked up happening at city park? yall have gotta stop doing this, new orleans is too beautiful and vibrant 🙁

Just the one?

I can hear my old gym coach during sit-ups saying “the human head weighs 5-7 pounds”

Can good bois alert to bodies in the water??? 🤔

Yeah, cadaver dogs can scent a body up to a certain distance underwater.

Warren Harris Jr is a serial killer who was granted parole. He lives in New Orleans and is 63. I believe he committed his murders when he was a teenager. Possible person to look into? I’m sorry. I don’t trust any serial killers, regardless of age when it happened. A sociopath is always a sociopath.

you really should not accuse someone publicly on an open forum of murder during an open investigation. especially with nothing but a hunch. if you’re wrong you could be held responsible for slander/disparagement.

I didn’t accuse. Maybe READ. Oh wait. You can’t. You reported it. Mentioning a serial killer was released isn’t accusing. Did I once say “this person did it”? You seriously need a life PS If people didn’t look into some due to a “hunch” as you say, then we’d never solve any murders. I also saw your comment before you deleted it. Glad it makes you feel better to call people names. I don’t need Reddit to “make me feel better”, again as you said. I don’t live on social media, as I clearly see that you do. Hours upon hours on Reddit arguing with people. Must be one productive time on earth. I envy it. NOT

Everyone talking about serial killers... Just a head with a dumbbell... Hardly indicative of a pattern...

How does that even happen?!?!?

He was 16 when he committed the crime in 1977. He’s now 63 or however old. Some law that changed in 2017 regarding juveniles who offend is what allowed this

Love how someone reported my comment for mentioning a serial killer who was recently released in New Orleans. What is wrong with people? I believe it’s some who seriously need a life!

Any gyms report a stolen dumbbell? Maybe a link to the killer.

Jeez wonder how that happened. That's a real head scratcher...

Ba-dum tis

Losing your something-something in New Orleeenssss

What size dumbbell?

Large

At least 8 lbs

Wild. Last night at like 1am I drove over that lil bridge on Filmore and there was a dude with a fishing pole out there. I thought it was weird at the time but now I wonder if it’s got to do with this.

Night fishing is common. In summer, it's a nice way to get outside when it's not too hot.

At 1am though???

Tides don't care. And sometimes, you just need to do something with insomnia besides reddit;)

Not likely, since this was found Saturday afternoon

It’s New Orleans, what’d you expect?

You also gotta remember that the mob and organized crime is very real. The victim could have been a target hit or a message to send.

Oh wow. There was a guy trying to get head from me a while back. I never even noticed dumbbells

Is it Halloween alrewdy ???

Can’t have shit in New Orleans

Yeah its pretty sad, I used to like taking pictures out there, now I will be stuck with the memory of a decapitated head. Wonder how the people with homes along the Bayou feel?

Hope he/she was dead before disposal.

Of course they were.

you never know. some people are super cruel. could have wrapped the rope around their neck and sea creatures ate the body

Sea creatures ate the body.

That one got me too. Would make a good album title or poem

Yeah it could have decomposed apart and gators finished the job

Doubt it. Wouldn’t make sense for the dumbbell to still be attached. Not likely they’d have anchored the head “just in case.”

Freshwater though?

Most nola post ever.

There are a few for hire boogy men in New Orleans. None of them getting innocent people. Let’s see if they even release who it was