 She had entered the community because she had been instructed to aid an elderly patient living within the Fischer Homes.Two men were charged with the murder of Jo Ellen, Steven Berry and Timothy Rudolph, both who had violent arrest records prior to this particular case.The community of New Orleans was outraged and demanded changes to the policies within the Louisiana State University School of Nursing, that not only urged, but recommended that nurses not enter the dangerous Fischer Projects without a police escort or a fellow nursing student as a partner, leaving them defenseless in a violent community, since even police officers did not go in without a partner.