In August of 2025, an anonymous caller reached out to Crimestoppers with a grim tip — two men had admitted to murdering a father of four who had been missing since 2023.
Not only was Eddie Tillman Jr. dead, they allegedly told officials, but authorities could find his body buried in the dirt behind a Marrero house located on Gaudet Drive.
The tipster, the first of four people who spoke to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators, led deputies to uncover Tillman’s skeletal remains last month after days of digging. His accused killers have been identified as John Lopez, 45, and Dustin Billot, 32, a former resident of the Marrero house…