A man already serving a life sentence in Georgia has been indicted for a series of brutal rapes known as the Airline Park assaults, which terrorized Jefferson Parish nearly four decades ago.
On July 10, 2025, Donnell Bluain, 59, was charged with six counts of aggravated rape stemming from attacks that occurred between January and July of 1986.
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The Louisiana rape cases had long gone cold. Although widespread fear existed among East Jefferson residents at the time, no progress was made. In 2023, the cases came alive again when the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Squad reopened them.
According to a Times-Picayune article from 1986, authorities initially suspected a single rapist based on identical methods of attack.
All six women, aged between 24 and 62, told investigators they were assaulted by a man who broke into their homes through windows—a method Bluain was also convicted of using in later crimes in Georgia.
