Couple arrested after police say they got away with murder for nearly 40 years

Police have arrested a man and woman for the murder of a Golden Meadow victim 38 years ago.

"Russell Lee and Judith “Judy” Weiser have been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Paula Boudreaux back in August of 1986," the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office announced.

LPSO says Boudreaux was last seen alive at her parents’ Golden Meadow home on August 3, 1986.

According to a news release, "On August 6, her family reported her missing to the Golden Meadow Police Department. In January 1989, skeletal remains were found in Slidell, La., which could not be properly identified at the time."

Investigators called in the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory to try to help in identifying the remains in 2022.  Below is the recreation from the FACES lab and a picture of Paula Boudreaux.

"After rendering a possible image of the person’s face, an anonymous tipster submitted Boudreaux’s name in an attempt to identify the remains."

DNA evidence from one of Boudreaux’s surviving relatives confirmed the remains were Boudreaux's.

"From that point, detectives re-opened the old case to attempt to pick up the investigation... Lee and Weiser were immediately developed as persons of interest as detectives learned Lee was in relationships with both Boudreaux and Weiser at the time of Boudreaux’s murder."

Detectives say they were able to uncover evidence implicating both suspects.

"Investigators concluded that Lee and Weiser allegedly killed Boudreaux, dismembered her body, and dumped the remains in Slidell. They obtained arrest warrants for both."

LPSO detectives went to Missouri and Tennessee to arrest them.

"On July 9, 2024, with the help of the Mountain Grove Police Department, Lee was taken into custody in Missouri. Then on July 10, 2024, Weiser was taken into custody in Tennessee with the assistance of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office."

Lee and Weiser now face second degree murder and obstruction of justice charges.

"They will be transported and booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex. Bail is set at $1.1 million each."