The Colonial Parkway Murders (Update)

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🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

There has been an update in the Colonial Parkway Murders (episode #150 from 2020). On Monday, 8 January 2024, officials with the Virginia State Police held a press conference. During it, they announced that DNA had linked a previously-unidentified suspect, Alan Wade Wilmer Sr., to the deaths of David Knobling and Robin Edwards...

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0:00.0	This episode contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all ages.
0:08.0	Listen or discretion is advised.
0:10.0	If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available.
0:15.0	Call or text 988 or chat with someone at 988 Lifeline.org.
0:21.0	Those outside of the US, reach out to someone at your local crisis center or hotline.
0:26.0	Please do not suffer in silence. Between the years of 1986 and 1989, a series of mysterious double murders plagued young couples in the Virginia area along a stretch of road known as the colonial parkway. The Parkway, which spans roughly 22 miles in southeastern Virginia, is a scenic road that links together the three points of Virginia's historic
0:55.4	triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown.
0:59.8	The first crime took place in October of 1986, when two women, 27-year-old Kathy Thomas and
1:06.1	21-year-old Rebecca Dowski were last seen on the campus of William and Mary, a college
1:11.2	attended by the latter.
1:13.0	Both were no shows for plans that week, and their vehicle was found abandoned on October 12th,
1:18.6	having been pushed off into the Brush and Bramble near the York River.
1:22.7	The bodies of the two women were found inside, having been brutally assaulted before their
1:27.2	throats were cut and their bodies were doused in diesel fuel.
1:31.2	Evidence left behind indicated that the killer was right-handed and may have used brine-soaked
1:36.1	ropes to bind the victims before their deaths. However, the evidence left behind was rather
1:41.3	confused and chaotic, and with the killer not believed to have a prior known link to the victims, investigators were stumped.
1:49.0	Nearly a year later, 20-year-old David Nobling and 14-year-old Robin Edwards met for the first time.
1:56.0	Robin was actually on a date with one of David's younger relatives, but the two ended up connecting
2:01.0	during the drive home, and were believed to have met up again later on the night of September 19th, 1987, a few hours after David drove Robin home.
2:11.0	After making it home for her curfew, it's believed that Robin had snuck out and met up again with David.
2:16.0	David's truck was found abandoned the following morning, but their two bodies weren't found until September 23rd.
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