| | In 2001, Dooley's estranged daughter-in-law, Jocelyn Banks Dooley, and her boyfriend, Jeffrey E. Kosden (born 1967), a bartender originally from [[New Jersey]], were charged with second degree murder in the disappearance and death of Dooley's then 36-year-old son, Vol "Bubba" Dooley, III, an employee of a Bossier City [[casino]]. In 2003, Jocelyn Dooley received a life sentence for shooting her husband to death and forty additional years for [[obstruction of justice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614806/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl|title=''Snapped'' (TV series): "Jocelyn Dooley"|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Early in 2005, the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport upheld Dooley's conviction.<ref>"Second Circuit Upholds Conviction of Dooley," ''The Shreveport Times,'' February 24, 2005.</ref> The Louisiana Supreme Court then rejected Jocelyn Dooley's appeal, which was based on immunized testimony provided against her by Kosden. Prosecutors said that Dooley, III, was shot in his home in Plain Dealing and that his wife solicited help from Kosden to bury her husband's body in a shallow grave off Louisiana Highway 2 in neighboring Caddo Parish. The grave was found nine days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/2999580/dooley-life-sentence-upheld-by-court|title=Dooley life sentence upheld by court|publisher=KSLA-TV ([[CBS]] in [[Shreveport]]|date=February 16, 2014|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/local-murder-case-on-national-tv/|title=Local Murder Case on National TV: Jocelyn Banks Dooley|date=March 9, 2011|publisher=KEEL Radio (Shreveport)|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> | | In 2001, Dooley's estranged daughter-in-law, Jocelyn Banks Dooley, and her boyfriend, Jeffrey E. Kosden (born 1967), a bartender originally from [[New Jersey]], were charged with second degree murder in the disappearance and death of Dooley's then 36-year-old son, Vol "Bubba" Dooley, III, an employee of a Bossier City [[casino]]. In 2003, Jocelyn Dooley received a life sentence for shooting her husband to death and forty additional years for [[obstruction of justice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614806/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl|title=''Snapped'' (TV series): "Jocelyn Dooley"|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Early in 2005, the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport upheld Dooley's conviction.<ref>"Second Circuit Upholds Conviction of Dooley," ''The Shreveport Times,'' February 24, 2005.</ref> The Louisiana Supreme Court then rejected Jocelyn Dooley's appeal, which was based on immunized testimony provided against her by Kosden. Prosecutors said that Dooley, III, was shot in his home in Plain Dealing and that his wife solicited help from Kosden to bury her husband's body in a shallow grave off Louisiana Highway 2 in neighboring Caddo Parish. The grave was found nine days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/2999580/dooley-life-sentence-upheld-by-court|title=Dooley life sentence upheld by court|publisher=KSLA-TV ([[CBS]] in [[Shreveport]]|date=February 16, 2014|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/local-murder-case-on-national-tv/|title=Local Murder Case on National TV: Jocelyn Banks Dooley|date=March 9, 2011|publisher=KEEL Radio (Shreveport)|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> |
| − | Kosden turned state's evidence, and the charges against him were dropped in 2010 because he was not involved in the actual shooting of Dooley but in the illicit disposal of the corpse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/in%20laco%2020100414317|title=STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey E. KOSDEN, Defendant-Appellant|work=leagle.com|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> In 2011, eight years after the verdict against Jocelyn Dooley, the case was featured on the [[documentary]] [[television]] series, ''Sins and Secrets'' on the Discovery Channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/regional_news/article_f7dca5cc-49fb-11e0-a9c1-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Bossier Parish homicide case will be featured on digital television program, March 9, 2011|publisher=''Magnolia ([[Arkansas]]) Reporter''|accessdate=March 3, 2014}}</ref> Vol Dooley, Jr., appeared as himself in ''Sins and Secrets''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5361006/|title=Vol Dooley, Jr.|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> The murder case was also televised on ''Snapped.'' | + | Kosden turned state's evidence, and the charges against him were dropped in 2010 because he was not involved in the actual shooting of Dooley but in the illicit disposal of the corpse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/in%20laco%2020100414317|title=STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey E. KOSDEN, Defendant-Appellant|work=leagle.com|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> In 2011, eight years after the verdict against Jocelyn Dooley, the case was featured on the [[documentary]] [[television]] series, ''Sins and Secrets'' on the Discovery Channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/regional_news/article_f7dca5cc-49fb-11e0-a9c1-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Bossier Parish homicide case will be featured on digital television program|date=March 9, 2011|publisher=''Magnolia ([[Arkansas]]) Reporter''|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Vol Dooley, Jr., appeared as himself in ''Sins and Secrets''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5361006/|title=Vol Dooley, Jr.|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> The murder case was also televised on ''Snapped.'' |