637 // Colonial Parkway Murders Update w/ Bill Thomas

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🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Bill Thomas about a major update in his sister Cathy Thomas's case as well as the Colonial Parkway Murders. Bill is the brother of Cathleen Thomas who, along with her girlfriend Rebecca Ann Dowski, were the first victims of the serial killer that terrorized couples in the region of the Colonial Parkway in Virginia between 1986 and 1989. In January of 2024, a man named Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. was named as the prime suspect in connection to the murders of David Knobling and Robin Edwards, Teresa Lynn Howell and Cassandra Hailey and Richard Call. Wilmer Sr. passed away in 2017. This episode was previously published on Missing on February 5th, 2026. Check out the official Parkway Murders website:⁠ ⁠https://colonialparkwaymurders.com/⁠⁠. Follow the FB page: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ColonialParkwayCase⁠. Check out Kensington Publishing: ⁠⁠https://www.kensingtonbooks.com⁠⁠. Listen to Bill & Kristin on Mind Over Murder: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-over-murder/id1494058129⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2jl4P567AGYJkg8XHkuw32?si=9970242379044ddf⁠⁠ Follow Mind Over Murder: ⁠⁠https://mindovermurderpodcast.com/⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/mindoverpodcast⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/colonialparkwaymurders⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/MurderOver⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@billthomas56⁠⁠. WE HAVE A LIVE SHOW WITH THE SHOW, ANOTHER F*CKING HORROR PODCAST. IT'S CALLED: CRIMINALLY STUPID - THE SEARCH FOR THE WORLDS DUMBEST CRIMINAL. FOR TICKETS, GO TO: ⁠⁠https://www.eventbrite.com/e/criminally-stupid-the-search-for-the-worlds-dumbest-criminal-tickets-1984625623665⁠. The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm I'm In today's new episode, we speak with old friend Bill Thomas about his sister's murder case as part of the Colonial Parkway murders. And Lance, there's been a
0:41.7	big update in this case just recently from the FBI. And we speak with Bill about that. How'd you
0:51.5	like this conversation? Well, first of all, it's been far too long since we've
0:55.0	had Bill on the show. He is an old friend, like you said, but he isn't old in the sense of age.
1:00.8	I mean, the guy has been a friend of ours for a long, long time. He's got a great show,
1:05.7	Mind Over Murder that he produces and co-hosts and co-writes with Kristen Dilley. It's a fantastic show, and it's primarily geared towards finding answers for his sister in the Colonial Parkway Murders.
1:19.9	Now, his sister, Kathy Thomas, and her girlfriend, Rebecca Dowski, are officially considered the first two victims, at this point at least, of the Colonial Parkway murders.
1:29.3	And Bill's been crusading to find who is responsible for their deaths and the deaths of the other
1:35.3	victims as well. So on a few different levels, I'd love this conversation because it was great
1:39.9	to get him back on the air here and to hear the new news, the exciting news about this. The other reason,
1:46.6	because he's just a good dude and he was great to talk with. Yeah, he is. And he always is great
1:51.0	to speak with. And so when Bill Thomas met with the FBI on January 20th, 20, 26, they informed
1:58.1	him that Alan Wilmer murdered his sister, Kathy Thomas, and her girlfriend, Rebecca
2:03.5	Dowski. And that double murder happened on October 9th, 1986, by the way. So this is obviously a case
2:11.5	that Bill and his family have been following for a very long time. And again, be sure if you want
2:16.6	the most extensive coverage on this,
2:19.2	check out Mind Over Murder, Bill and Kristen Dilley's podcast.
2:23.1	The link to that show is in the show notes.
2:25.2	Okay, so let us know what you think about this conversation on YouTube or Spotify.
2:30.3	Please follow us on social media.
2:32.5	We're going to break quick for commercial here,
2:34.5	and we'll be right back with Bill Thomas.
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