Murder in the Piney Woods

By: Velma Loftin-Stoneburner

Narrated by: Bryan Frenk

In the hushed wilderness of southwest Louisiana, shadows linger longer, and secrets sink deeper. When two bodies are discovered in the pine-strewn outskirts of Beauregard Parish, an innocent child dressed for church and his young stepmother whispers stir beneath the magnolias and coffee brews dark at The Oaks Café.

Roy Allen Cormier’s arrest stuns a town that watched him grow up and ride his bike down gravel backroads. But guilt is never simple in a place where loyalty runs deep, and justice doesn’t always arrive clean. As the courtroom fills with reporters and generations of heartache, the truth must rise, or burn.

Told with raw emotion and evocative detail, Murder in the Piney Woods blends the grit of Southern Gothic with the cold breath of true crime. It’s a haunting portrait of small-town judgment, fractured love, and the unforgiving echoes of violence.

©2025 Velma Loftin-Stoneburner (P)2025 Velma Loftin-Stoneburner

It was a really good story!

I really enjoyed this story. I was able to get into it and caught myself crying a little. I can’t wait to see what this author has in store.