True Crime Author Talk with HL Arledge: What Really Happened to Audrey Moate?

Join us for an insightful author talk with H.L. Arledge, best known for the true crime "Bayou Justice" book series and weekly column. Participants will get an inside look into Arledge's investigation of historically notable cold cases in South Louisiana, including the mysterious disappearance of Audrey Moate in St. John Parish in November 1956. 

Background on the Audrey Moate case: 

Nearly 70 years have passed since 46-year-old Thomas Hotard was discovered dead on the back seat of his blue sedan on Frenier Road.  A fur trapper walking near Frenier beach had spotted the car the day before and detoured around it when he saw a couple sharing a private moment. Hotard met his demise in that car, but the woman, 31-year-old Audrey Moate, had seemingly vanished without a trace.  Moate’s body was never located despite thorough searches of the surrounding swamplands. She left behind a trail of footprints and a decades-long cold case that brought St. John Parish national attention when it aired in a 1989 episode of Unsolved Mysteries.