Virginia Peninsula Murders

[littlehorn]

This is a weird one: Saw a thing on THS over the weekend about this.

http://crimeshadows.com/parkway.htm

[newshound81]

I saw that over the weekend, too. I had never heard it before. I'd say the killer died, moved onto a new place or went to jail since I don't think there have been any similar cases in 20 years.

[StealthTheory]

I'm just throwing this out there without research, but the isolated areas, where was Hilton at this time?

[kline]

Wow,Interesting case.
Good find Littlehorn!
This character certainly seems to have Zodiac type thing for young couples.
Kind of intriguing the way the attacks seemed to cycle up then just stop.

[littlehorn]

Wow,Interesting case.
Good find Littlehorn!
This character certainly seems to have Zodiac type thing for young couples.
Kind of intriguing the way the attacks seemed to cycle up then just stop.

What really surprised me was the methodical nature -- taking the victims car, moving it to a rest stop going the opposite direction on the highway from where the victims were going, bringing their clothes and wallets back to the car, etc.

Some weird intrigue also with a local security company according to that website.

[Seifsister]

I am from this area born and raised. I lived within 30 miles from the Chesapeake Bay where some of the bodies were found. It was scary time back in the eighties!! I was acutally born at old Riverside Hospital in Newport News.
They always thought that someone posing as a cop of so sort was responisble. Right beore these murders there were a string of rapes in Southampton County VA. into Northampton County NC. I am not 100% sure but it was about 10 to 12 rapes. These were commited by 2 black men. They would take the women pull them over with lights( like a police car) and then take there vehicle and take them to out of the way places and rape them. They never killed them. I had always wounder if the two cases were connected. These happened before my daughter was born so around 1981-1984 because she was born in 1985. I had a great friend from highschool that was one of the girls raped. They were no more rapes after 1985 and they never caught anyone. I believe these killngs started around 1986 but do not remember for sure ( this was long ago) Now Southampton County is only about 35 miles from Chesapeke Bay. Southampton County is next o Isle of Wight County which crosses over the Chesapeake bridge into Newport News.
I may still have some of the articles from this. I kept some because of Chris being raped.

This case is now in the hands of Va State Police Cold Case. Det. Hook
Betty

[Virginiaholly]

This is my first post!:)


http://labyrinth13.com/mirror/VirginiaMurders/index.htm

[Virginiaholly]

Here's a link to an April 19, 2009 article about criminologist Larry McCann researching these violent crimes.

http://journalismclass.wmblogs.net/2009/04/19/the-colonial-parkway-murders-cold-case/

[rgr727]

I live near the peninsula and lived in Richmond, Virginia because my father lived in Norfolk, Virginia and my mother and stepfather lived in Richmond. I was very concerned because the only reason IMO that the couples would be taken by surprise like they were and seemed abducted so easily, if it were a cop or someone pretending to be a cop. Since I used to travel I 64 between Norfolk and Richmond it would always bother me what would I do if I was pulled over by a cop. If that was who was pertrating these crimes. I live in Norfolk now but I still am scared to travel that stretch of road, especially where the couple's car was found at the rest stop going in the other direction in which they were headed. Like everyone else who has seen the show THS I wish they would solve this.

[KT Can]

bump...just saw the THS show...

[reportertype]

I hope I can catch this show at some point.

As an aside, I believe this is the case that influenced Patricia Cornwell's third novel, "All that Remains."

[:+:MrTT:+:]

http://www.dailypress.com/news/virginia/dp-va--parkwayslayings1009oct09,0,4042814.story


the following link is really interesting.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_parkway_1010oct10,0,6674314.story?track=rss

from above link...

The impetus for the review isn't advances in DNA technology or other investigation techniques.

It was the discovery last year by a Williamsburg resident that sensitive crime scene photos — including graphic shots of victims — were floating around in the public domain. Fred Atwell learned in November the Parkway Murder photos had been obtained by a private security firm from an FBI source and was being used by the firm for training materials.

[gaia227]

These two were the only victims whose bodies were never found but thought to be victims:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/call_richard.html