As homicides spike, demand for victims' assistance grows

BATON ROUGE - Stacks of manila file folders cover Jane Wood's office. Each folder represents a victim of a violent crime. In her seven years as Crime Victims Coordinator for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, Wood says her workload this year is incredible."It's just nonstop," Wood said. "There were three homicides this weekend. Sometimes there are four or five shootings a night."Wood's work begins shortly after a violent crime happens, getting in touch with the surviving victims, or