Locally Famous 'Power Couple' Turned To Very Gruesome Murder

True Crime: 🔴 While Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf of Mexico and ripped New Orleans apart, two star-crossed lovers found their place together in the heart of a healing community. But as the floods disappeared and society went back to its normal routine, so did their troubled behaviours and habits, and soon enough, Zack and Addie found themselves in very heated arguments.

00:00 Intro
01:36 Hurricane Katrina
03:07 October 17th 2006...
05:06 Zack Bowen and Addie Hall
09:10 Love and Disaster
13:30 Timeline
17:35 PTSD and Sidenotes
22:09 Outro

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[silent_pete]

"...trying to repair what they once had by moving in together."

yeah sounds like a great plan

[williamgarcia]

As someone who served with my issues I wasn't even the aggressor in my last, my ex beat on me and abused me in every way breaking me and driving me further to alcoholism, men can be victims as well and just like civilians not all veterans are bad, terrible stigma there's actual good veterans trying to make a difference a positive one, I'm sober now 9 months and somehow Alive still but making it truly count
Thank you

[oldsoldier]

As a vet with PTSD, there are THOUSANDS of programs out there to assist. The problem is, it has to start with the soldier seeking the help they need. And, one hurdle we face, is admitting we are weak. It took me 16 years to seek help. But, once that door is open-the help is there. And waiting for you. And, its a great support network. I would highly encourage other vets to PLEASE reach out. There are veterans-fellow soldiers and sailors, marines and airmen-waiting to help you in any way they can. Drugs and alcohol NEVER solve the issues. Counseling, might.

[Kolbua]

As a disabled veteran myself, having support was absolutely huge. My father as a Vietnam veteran was able to help teach me to cope with my own complications from the Marine corps. Using the VA, using the Choice/Mission/Pact Act is essential. I myself just got my claim with the Pact Act accepted and completed. You as a veteran, wether peacetime, wartime, disabled, combat you are all heroes and it doesn't take away from that fact to reach out and ask for help. I appreciate you all, welcome home and thank you for your service.

[rebeccahall]

I personally knew Zack and Addie. I was a bartender at a place called the Abbey on Decatur street in the French Quarter during that same time… it was wild during those days in the Quarter… they used to come visit me at the Abbey. Addie and I have the same last name so we would chat about our families and commonalities every time we would meet. I suffered severe PTSD after this went down. Thank you for making a video on them. ❤

[scottyerkes]

Zack really needed help and never got it. Addie also needed help and never got it. Liquor and drugs don't offer help.
Thanks Adrian for sharing this case.

[gissellerivera]

As someone with a spouse who served and went to Afghanistan, they never come back the same. A lot of work & patience goes into helping them find a new version of themselves.

[aaronwalcott]

18:00 many soldiers DO face PTSD. But the fact that Zack had the conscience to think about what he was doing, and the balls to ignore that conscience, puts the blame squarely on him. Not his childhood, not his tours, not his divorce, but him.

[LisafromNOLA]

I live in New Orleans and survived Katrina. They lived on N. Rampart not too far away from me. I remember this shocking story very well.

[misskimbenner]

I like the background you’re doing on areas where crimes occur. I was 45 when Katrina hit. Though I lived in Ohio, it was all that was in the news every night. You really captured what it was like, on the news, even a thousand or more miles away.

I’ve followed you since almost day one. I like you

[simonefeaster]

I lived in New Orleans for a decade (some time after Katrina) and this story was part of the devastating fallout from the hurricane. Such brutality and sickness in this crime. Excellent storytelling as always, Adrian!

[allyoucansee]

Damn I was in Katrina, and let's just say not fun times. Death everywhere, bodies in water and houses. The air smelling like death for a year, yeah not good times

[Michael-upl]

My Dad carried a burden from Vietnam alone for 52 years. He said he’d never alone tell anyone, but he finally opened up to a psychologist at the VA. I still don’t know what troubled my Dad for over five decades, but I am so thankful he got help. It’s also good the military is making more of an effort to help soldiers who have PTSD. Unfortunately, the suicide and homeless rate among vets is still too high.

[Psoydogley]

Problems in the Childhood, Drugs, Alcohol or PTSD is no excuse for killing someone.
NEVER.

[LetsSeeYourKungFu]

love Adrian's 'good-byes'. it helps after hearing such terrible and heartbreaking information

[angeladormer]

What a very tragic case. He decided what he was going to do post horror. Their families are serving the life sentences now, as always. Thank you, Adrian. RIP Addie.

[millyvice]

Nah can't excuse this kinda behaviour with PTSD. He had her in his apartment for a while, he not only m*rdered her and di$mem*ered but also did other things to her corps. He didn't feel any remorse, this is a kind of monster that belongs in hell.

[vap]

There's no excuse for that behavior. I know many people who have served in the military and have extreme ptsd from it, and they don't do things like that. Some people are just bad people.

[IamTHEMumma]

The museum seems rather offensive for relatives and friends. The landlord not disposing of the bath and oven before or after the fire, is rather ghastly in itself..

[tearainey]

PTSD is a cruel illness, often invisible and ignored by the VA. Treatment means losing one's military career (for some, they refuse to seek diagnoses or treatment because of this) and for others, it leaves them wondering why they're so down and spiraling out of control. My dad suffers from it, and each year it's chipped away more and more of our stability and peace as a family. He's thrown away everyone who loves him, convinced of his own evil nature. We're still fighting to keep him around, but at the same time reconciling the things he's said and done. We know PTSD is a root cause, but then so does he to some extent. So how do you address the cause, while also admitting the wrong done under the influence of it? We're still navigating that path ourselves. I can only hope it ends happily and peacefully for us, or at least as much as it can. I feel great sympathy for all service members fighting an invisible fight, we can't always paint them as monsters. But we can't also forgive their transgressions. I hope both these people can rest in peace.