The Murder of Genore Guillory

Genore Guillory was a 42-year-old southern belle who lived alone in her Clinton, Louisiana home. Having never met a stranger, Guillory eagerly welcomed the new family who moved into the rundown trailer across the street from her.

Amy and Phillip Skipperwere the parents of an infant and a 15-year-old teen named John Baillo. Financially the couple struggled but Genore helped however she could. She offered to pay John and Phillip to help tend to her land and animals.

About a year after the Skippers moved in, Genore changed the beneficiary of her $25,000 life insurance policy to John. Things changed once the life insurance policy changed. Amy called Genore at her job on June 23, 2000, angry that her dog had somehow gotten out of its kennel and killed their goat.

Genore was shocked by the tone that Amy took with her. She ordered her out of the home and to never come back. A co-worker urged Genore to change the locks on the house but she told the friend that she was okay.

On June 27, 2000, coworkers called the police after Genore failed to show up for work for three straight days. They found her deceased body in her home. Her face had been smashed in with an object, she had been shot four times, and stabbed five times.

Without any suspects or leads, the murder of Genore Guillory grew cold. Then, police got an unexpected lead from a neighboring police department. They told investigators that a man named Donny Fisher had information about the case and knew who had murdered the woman.

Fisher Confesses Information to Police

Police brought Fisher in for questioning. He initially denied any knowledge of Guillory’s murder. When police showed him photographs of the crime scene, he looked like he had seen a ghost. He began to cry and told police that he and three other people had murdered the woman.

Baillio, who was 15-years-old at the time of the murder, and Fisher, had been hired by the Guillory family to clean up the house after the murder. Fisher told police it was then when Baillio bragged that he was responsible for the attack and murder.

Arrest Warrant Issued; Barillio Confesses

Police issued an arrest warrant for Baillio, who confessed to killing Guillory with help from his stepfather, his stepfather’s sister, Lisa Skipper Hoyt, and his brother-in-law, Johnny Hoyt.

He told police that killing Guillory would be Baillio’s initiation into The Brotherhood gang. The neo-nazi gang required the murder of a Black person for initiation into the group.

On June 24, 2004, the four arrived at Guillory’s house about 2 in the morning. Hoyt knocked on the door asking to borrow money for baby supplies. When she opened the door, Hoyt hit her with a bat and forced his way into her home.

“She ran through the house down the hall, screaming for ‘em to leave her alone, and she run into the kitchen and got to the knife drawer, trying to get her knife so she could cut ‘em and make ‘em leave her alone,” Baillio said in the interview.

She then fled to her bedroom, followed by the group who then took turns stabbing, beating, and shooting her. A final blow from the baseball bat ended Genore’s life.

The group then allegedly raped Genore. However, they wore condoms and did not leave any DNA evidence behind, forcing investigators to drop the rape charges brought against them.

Genore thought Skipper and Baillio were nice people who cherished her friendship as much as she did their friendship. In reality, they hated Black people, called her names behind her back, and befriended her for the simple purpose of taking her life as part of their gang initiation. Amy feared that Genore would remove her husband from the lief insurance policy after the argument.

Convictions & Sentencing

Baillio was charged in juvenile court. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was given a life sentence under juvenile court laws. He was released when he turned 21-years-old.

Phillip and Johnny were convicted of second-degree murder. Both were sentenced to life in prison. Lisa Skipper-Hoyt was convicted of manslaughter and accepted a plea deal putting her behind bars for 25-years.

Resources/More Information:

https://www.oxygen.com/an-unexpected-killer/crime-news/john-baillio-kills-genore-guillory-white-supremacist-gang

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11536857/genore-guillory-obituary/