130: The Morgan City Murders: Mary Rodermund, Bertha Gould, and the Teens Who Never Came Home

She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast · Apr 7, 2026 · 55m

In 1978, a series of disappearances and murders terrified Morgan City, Louisiana.

Sixteen-year-old Mary Rodermund vanished after leaving home to run a simple errand. Hours later, her parents received a phone call—it was her kidnapper. He forced Mary onto the phone, where she told her parents she was okay. It would be the last time anyone ever heard from her.

Weeks later, nineteen-year-old Bridget Cantrell Sons disappeared from the grocery store where she worked. When police arrived, her cigarette was still burning. Seventeen-year-old Gordon Canella Jr., who had been with her, was also…