The Trail Went Cold - Episode 169 - Julie Williams & Lollie Winans

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

Tv & Film, True Crime

4.5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

May 19, 1996. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. 24-year old Julianne “Julie” Williams and her 26-year old girlfriend, Laura “Lollie” Winans, leave on a backpacking trip, but are eventually reported missing when they fail to return home. Nearly two weeks later, Julie and Lollie are found dead at a campsite inside the park and have been bound, gagged and had their throats slashed. The murders are looked at as a possible hate crime and a suspect named Darrell David Rice is indicted in 2002. However, when forensic evidence fails to link Rice to the crime, the charges against him are dropped. Was Rice actually the perpetrator or was someone else responsible? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” explores the horrific double-murder of a lesbian couple, as well as its possible connections to some other infamous unsolved crimes from Virginia, including the Route 29 murder of Alicia Showalter Reynolds and the Colonial Parkway Murders. This episode of The Trail Went Cold is brought to you by Best Fiends, a unique and exciting puzzle experience unlike other puzzle games out there. Download it FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Additional Reading: https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/features/murder-woods-shenandoah-national-park/ https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/crime_courts/after-years-shenandoah-national-park-double-murder-still-unsolved-but/article_c161cfe5-156e-50e7-8b76-0761f186ae79.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/02/26/charges-dismissed-in-shenandoah-park-slayings/962f304e-1111-484b-ad9c-46cbad2362da/ https://barryyeoman.com/1996/11/murder-on-the-mountain/ http://www.readthehook.com/98890/explosive-words http://www.readthehook.com/94820/cover-after-rice-new-questions-park-murders http://www.readthehook.com/85777/cover-cold-case-alicia-showalter-reynolds-fall-and-rise-darrell-rice http://www.readthehook.com/85806/cover-murder-park-rice-release-revives-memories https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/families-want-evidence-checked-in-shenandoah-double-slaying/article_7873a07f-f56a-5448-a2d9-59c88fd5cc07.html http://unsolved.com/gallery/alicia-showalter https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Alicia_Showalter_Reynolds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Parkway_murders “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:22.0	May 19th, 1996 enjoy the show.
0:22.7	May 19th, 1996, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
0:29.0	24-year-old Julie and Julie Williams and her 26-year-old girlfriend, Laura Lolly Wyanons,
0:35.0	visit a national park for a backpacking trip, but are eventually reported missing
0:39.0	when they fail to return home.
0:41.0	Nearly two weeks later, Julie and Lolly are found dead at their
0:44.5	campsite after they've been bound, gagged, and have their throat slashed. The
0:49.4	murders are looked at as a possible hate crime and a suspect named Darrell David Rice is indicted in 2002.
0:56.0	However, when forensic evidence fails to link Rice to the crime, the charges against him are dropped,
1:02.0	and Julie and Lolly's murders remain unsolved.
1:05.2	After that the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah. And, uh, and uh, and uh, uh,
1:24.0	uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:47.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and we've got an horrific crime to cover today.
1:52.0	The 1996 murders of Julie Williams and Lolly Wienens.
1:56.6	This case was originally requested to me nearly two years ago by a listener named Onya,
2:01.2	and I've been meaning to cover it for a while, so thank you very much,
2:04.4	Anya.
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