MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Nanette Krentel
When a fire destroys the Krentel home, family and friends are devastated to learn that one member, Nanette, didn’t make it out. But despite her death clearly being a homicide, her death remains unsolved.
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Episode Source Material
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Community rallies around fire chief whose wife is presumed dead in house fire, by Ashley Rodrigue.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): STPSO: Woman whose body was found in Lacombe-area house fire had gunshot wound, by Fox8Live.com Staff.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Nanette Krentel remembered on what would’ve been her 50th birthday, by Rob Masson.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Father of woman found dead in house fire wants second autopsy, by Ashley Rodrigue.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Second autopsy conducted on fire chief’s wife found shot in Lacombe house fire, by WWLTV.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Coroner rules Nanette Krentel’s death a homicide; sheriff may dispute findings.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Family of fire chief’s wife disheartened after conflicting reports, by Ashley Rodrigue.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Fire chief speaks out for first time after wife’s mysterious death as Coroner rules it a homicide, by Ashley Rodrigue.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Sheriff: Fire Chief cleared in wife’s death, department still awaiting test results, by Ashley Rodrigue and Mary Staes.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Investigators give update on Nanette Krentel investigation.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): FBI assistance in murder investigation of fire chief’s wife welcomed, by Ashley Rodrigue.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Board launches investigation into embattled North Shore fire chief, by Rob Masson.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Reward increased in Krentel investigation.
- Crime Watch Daily: Unsolved: The Nanette Krentel Story.
- Fox 8: Chief of St. Tammany Fire District 12 removed from post as investigation continues, by Rob Masson.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Sheriff: One year later, Nanette Krentel murder investigation remains active.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Sheriff releases new details on Nanette Krentel homicide probe, by Kelly Weston.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): Nanette Krentel’s family raises questions about her homicide investigation, by Rob Masson.
- Discovery Plus: People Investigates: Somebody’s Watching (Season 3, Episode 1).
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Who killed Nanette Krentel?, by Katie Moore.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Who killed Nanette Krentel? What we know about what happened and when, by Katie Moore.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Emails show she feared her house could be set on fire before she was found dead in the ashes, by Katie Moore.
- 4WWL (New Orleans, LA): Emails sent by a federal agent to Nanette Krentel’s sister: What did they say about the investigation?, by Katie Moore.
- Fox 8 (New Orleans, LA): St. Tammany DA issues subpoena to sheriff’s office for records connected to death of Nanette Krentel, by Kendra Smith-Parks.
- Spotify: Bardstown (podcast): Lacombe (Season 2, Episodes 1-8).
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (Quantico, VA): Arson.
- ARCCA Inc. (Penns Park, PA): Do You Know The Difference Between Arson and an Incendiary Fire?
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