On January 5, 2003, Stephanie Pepper seemed to disappear without a trace. She was estranged from her husband but he was ruled out as a suspect. Investigators learned about her love affair with Wayne Guidry Jr., which had begun just five weeks earlier. With the help of Erik Dufrene, a childhood friend of Wayne Guidry and Guidry’s father, Stephanie’s body was found in a densely-wooded preserve. “48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 12/2/2006. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Investigators had a really good idea. Somewhere in the woods out there, we were going to find the body. The Jackson Bienville Wildlife Area where we are now, it's tens of thousands of acres. This is worse than looking for a needle in a haystack. This is like looking for a needle in a whole field full of haystacks. What we have here is a woman who was reported missing six weeks ago.
Nobody had seen her. It's like she just disappeared off the face of the earth. Stephanie was a professor at Louisiana Tech, well respected in the community, has lots of friends.
Stephanie was a beautiful person. She was so bubbly and just seemed so happy all the time.
This case is extremely personal to me, just like any case where I have a completely innocent victim. My name is Hugo Holland. I'm an assistant district attorney in the state of Louisiana. But once a week, I get in a black uniform with a badge and a gun belt, get in a black and white car with lights on top, and serve the people of Bossier City, Louisiana as a reserve police officer.
You're looking awfully mad and stuff. I mean, you mad at somebody right now? I love law enforcement. It's a way for me to give back to my community. I asked you if you had any weapons or drugs in your truck. Most murder cases, they don't involve completely innocent victims.
And Stephanie's one of those rare innocent victims who didn't put herself in a position to have something like this happen to her. It was just thrust on her. When she was reported missing, Stephanie spent the morning with her husband, David Sims. She spent the remainder of that afternoon and all evening with Wayne Gentry.
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