After The Hurricane, A Murder In The Big Easy
As Tropical Storm Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast this week, many Americans are thinking back to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the region three summers ago.
After that storm, police say Edmundo Cerda-Anima traveled to New Orleans, looking for work as a contractor, rebuilding the community, but left a personal path of death and destruction in his wake.
In late May 2006, cops say Cerda-Anima raped and murdered 51-year-old Sandra Adams as she walked in a park in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La. Now, America’s Most Wanted is teaming up with authorities to help track down this accused killer before he strikes again.
AMW producer Sedg Tourison traveled to Louisiana to investigate the Cerda-Anima case, and he says that he knew from the very start that this story would be difficult to cover. “Anytime something like this happens, it’s terrible,” Sedg says. “New Orleans desperately needed help after the storm, and police sources tell me Cerda-Anima brutally robbed a family of their mother.”
Sandra’s son and daughter, Ryan and Alessa, have dedicated their lives to tracking Cerda-Anima down, and John Walsh has vowed to stay on the story until the man accused of killing their mom is behind bars.
This week, we’re asking the public to keep their eyes open for Cerda-Anima once again, and this could be the week we get tip that takes him down.
“People who do things like this,” Sedg said, “don’t just go back to being normal people.”
Log on to AMW.com and take a good look at Cerda-Anima. Then, tune in Saturday night as we head down to the Gulf Coast for a cleanup effort of our own: we’re working to sweep this lowlife off the street once and for all.
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