UPDATE: The Colonial Parkway Murders
In this episode, we discuss the latest update in the Colonial Parkway Murders case. Investigators have recently named Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. as a suspect in three unsolved killings from the late 1980s… including one of the double homicides in the Colonial Parkway Murders.
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Episode Source Material
- WAVY TV 10 (Suffolk, Va.): CASES CLOSED: Deceased man identified as suspect in decades old local homicides, by Jane Alvarez-Wertz and Andy Fox
- ABC 13 News Now (Isle of Wight County, Va): Why the FBI wants your help to learn more about the man accused of one of the Colonial Parkway murders., by Sarah Hammond.
- The Virginian Pilot: Pair of decades-old cold cases – including 1 connected to Colonial Parkway case – solved, authorities say by, Eliza Noe
- A special Thanks to Bill Thomas who requested we do this episode and provided us with all of these resources.
- Four cases link families, scenic parkway
- Dateline NBC Crime Capsule
- “The Killer Could Still be out There”: 30 years later, still no answers in the Colonial Parkway Murders
- Investigation Discovery Crimefeed
- Family: New DNA testing could crack Colonial Parkway Murders
- Virginia Pilot – 3 part series
- Colonial Parkway Murders Facebook Page – Maintained by Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley
- Two other Colonial Parkway Facebook pages (not as active)
- What happened to Richard “Keith” Call & Cassandra Hailey? – Maintained by Joyce Call Canada
- Colonial Parkway Victims – Gone But Not Forgotten – Maintained by Jennifer Phelps
- Dark Minds Episode – Investigation Discovery
- “A Special Kind of Evil: The Colonial Parkway Serial Killings” by Blaine Pardoe and Victoria Hester
- Colonial Parkway Murders Wikipedia Page
- Visiting the Crime Scene at Ragged Island, the second of the colonial parkway murders
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