A glove on Park Boulevard
The murder of Kassie Lynn Federer
Someone kicked in Kassie Federer’s door at three in the afternoon on a Monday, and whoever did it has never stood trial.
That fact alone should bother us all.
Kassie Lynn Federer was nineteen years old, a psychology major at Louisiana State University. A Ponchatoula girl who hauled her blue book sack to class every day at LSU and came home to a deadbolted apartment on Park Boulevard in Baton Rouge.
On September 13, 1999, she walked in from class, set down her things, and sometime before three that afternoon, somebody kicked her deadbolt off the frame.
Investigators believe Kassie then ran for the kitchen as her killer fired shots behind her. One bullet pierced both lungs. Another caught her heart.
Kassie died before she hit the floor.
Her neighbor came home hours later, noticed the door ajar, and called the apartment manager. They fou…
