New Orleans matters to the investigation because Pete Clancy places himself there during the night Sara Chisum was killed. His visit to the OK Corral Bar on Bourbon Street becomes a testable alibi: details he recalls are checked against witnesses, and their accounts redirect suspicion toward whoever used the Range Rover.

Setting and Visit

While in custody, Pete remembers that he was in New Orleans, at the OK Corral Bar on Bourbon Street. He recalls being thrown from the mechanical bull about five times, then gives the investigators a time window: he arrived around eleven that night and left around four in the morning. He says a friend who worked as a bartender could confirm he was there, and that a woman he met at the bar left with him.

Alibi and Corroboration

Jessica Reel and Sheila Taggert check Pete’s account rather than relying on his recollection alone. About thirty minutes after making calls, Taggert reports that Kyle, the bartender, remembers Pete arriving at roughly half past eleven. Kyle had expected him at eleven, checked the clock, and was about to text when Pete walked in. He also places Pete at the bar until nearly four, corroborating the central span of Pete’s story.

A second witness extends the account beyond the bar. LuAnne says that she and Pete were together until about eight in the morning. He left to get coffee and beignets and did not return. Her account supports Pete’s claim that he left the bar with a companion, while making clear that his whereabouts after he left were not established by his own return to her.

Role in the Investigation

The New Orleans witnesses lead Taggert and Reel to conclude that Pete could not have shot Sara or driven the Range Rover. The conclusion separates two questions that the investigation had to answer: Pete’s presence at the killing, and the identity of the person who used the vehicle. Taggert states that somebody else took the Range Rover and killed Sara, making Pete’s verified night in New Orleans an important exclusion rather than a solution to the murder.