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Jun 21, 2024 · The FBI has identified a serial rapist as the culprit in the sexual assault and murders almost three decades ago of a young couple at a US national park. Police found Julianne Williams, 24, and ...
May 17, 2022 · Photo: FBI. When Laura “Lollie” Winans, 26, and Julianne “Julie” Williams, 24, were found sexually assaulted and murdered at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia in 1996, it sparked national conversations about safety in the wilderness and homophobic hate crimes. But what happens when authorities keep an innocent man’s name in the ...
- A Double Murder in Shenandoah National Park
- Instead, That Was The Day That Park Rangers Found Her body.
- The Challenges of Solving Crimes in National Parks
- A Suspect Emerges
- Still Waiting For Answers
On Sunday May 19, 1996, Julie Williams and Lollie Winans embarked on a backpacking trip in Shenandoah National Park with their golden retriever, Taj. Julie, 24, of St. Cloud, Minnesota and Lollie, 26, of Unity, Maine, pitched their tent off of one of Shenandoah National Park’s horse trails. They chose a peaceful spot next to a mountain stream, whic...
On May 31, 1996, Thomas Williams, Julie’s father, reported his daughter missing. Park Rangers started a search and located Julie and Lollie’s car just north of Skyland Lodge. “We started doing hasty searches to cover all of those trail corridors in that general area to see if we could locate them,” explains Bridget Bohnet, Deputy Chief Ranger at Sh...
Scroll through the National ParkService’s list of cold cases and you’ll find that it’s easy to disappear in the woods. There are a number of reasons that people go missing, most of which are attributed to accidental falls or wrong turns. Statistically, when it comes to crime, public lands are incredibly safe. In fact, Julie and Lollie’s murders wer...
Shenandoah’s Skyline Driveis a popular place for a bike ride and in July 1997, that’s what Yvonne Malbasha, a tourist from Canada, had come to do. As she pedaled the mountainous road, admiring the Blue Ridge views, Malbasha was forced off the road and off her bike by a man driving a truck. He screamed sexual profanities at her as he stepped from hi...
Last year, around the twentieth anniversary of Julie and Lollie’s murders, the FBI circulated a press release and updated posters. “The case remains an open and active investigation,” says Dee Rybiski of the FBI. “It’s our hope that any continued coverage of the girls’ murders will one day generate that one crucial piece of information that may bri...
Aug 7, 2022 · Above, look through 23 photos taken by serial killers like Alcala, Rhoades, Rader, Jeffrey Dahmer, and more. After looking through these photographs taken by serial killers, look through these harrowing crime scene photos. Or, discover the stories of history's worst female serial killers. Share. Flipboard.
Sep 4, 2023 · 28 Crime Scene Photos From History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers. From serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer to the slayings of the Manson Family, these real crime scene photos capture history's grisliest murders. These tools were discovered in the back of Ted Bundy's VW Beetle on Aug. 21, 1975. He was arrested after this ...
Jan 11, 2018 · On December 1, 1969, after an intense investigation, LAPD issued warrants for Watson, Krenwinkel, and Kasabian for the Cielo Drive murders. Atkins and Manson were later charged. Four of the five defendants received life in prison. Kasabian, who didn’t participate in the killings, was put into a witness protection program after testifying ...
Oct 26, 2017 · A sizeable unmade bed with a hefty carved-wood frame dominates the scene. Bedroom of Madame Debeinche, murdered May 5, 1903. From this angle,the scene looks unsettling, with the picture askew and ...
