Newspaper clippings from the investigative file into the 1956 murders of Duane Bogle, 18, and Patricia Kalitzke, 16, in Great Falls, Mont. Legal Statement. When they didnt come home that night, their families assumed they had eloped, Sergeant Kadner said. Camerons book alleged that Edwards had also killed JonBenet Ramsey and Jimmy Hoffa. Sadly, to close the case, giving Kalitzke and Bogles families peace, Kadner had to confront the killers children. But because a few sheriffs doggedly refused to give up, Ski and Lloyd have finally found the peace that they and their families deserved since that terrible day in 1956. at 2:00 a.m. on August 18, only hours after they were last seen. Hall and Margaret were a young couple who were murdered in a remote area and had been stabbed to death. From 1986 to 1989, four double homicides occurred either on or near the scenic, seemingly safe road. Kalitzke had definitely been raped, and that rapist had left a DNA sample. Release date. Part 1 and 2 of Oxygen's 'Lovers Lane Murders' airs Thursday night. When Detective Sgt. The vehicle had veered off the beaten path and into thick, dense shrubbery, only a few feet from a 15-foot drop into the York River. "It was difficult," Thomas admitted. Its like it just happened yesterday, Ms. McCarthy said. The first two known victims were United States Naval Academy Class of 1981 graduate Cathleen Marian Cathy Thomas, 27, and College of William & Mary senior Rebecca Ann Becky Dowski, 21, majoring in business management and working as a stockbroker at the time of the murder. Mike also had defensive wounds and a comparatively lower dosage of Demerol in his system. There was no trace of Hailey or Call at the overlook. Sergeant Kadner said he believed it was the oldest homicide case in the United States to be solved with genetic genealogy, which uses DNA from crime scenes to identify the relatives of potential suspects and eventually the suspects themselves. Inside The Unsolved Cases", "Inside the Maddening Search for Virginia's Colonial Parkway Serial Killer", "Murder Accountability Project: Tracking America's unsolved homicides", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_Parkway_murders&oldid=1152289093, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, October 12, 1986 September 5, 1989 (Confirmed), This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 09:39. Remember, this was over 30 years ago in Virginia, which is a very conservative, military area. However, Thomas claimed new tips come in "every week or two," giving hope that these cold cases can be solved today. "It was such a big case," Cascade County. But the results of Kalitzkes vaginal swab had been well-preserved on a microscopic slide. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. However, the string of murders that followed their deaths made them wonder whether a serial killer was involved. Over the next half century, detectives investigated about 35 potential suspects, including James (Whitey) Bulger, the notorious South Boston mobster who was convicted in 2013 of participating in 11 murders. "Lovers' Lane Murders," Oxygen's new two-night special event airing February 11 . Where was their daughter? "Cathy was somebody that could more than hold her own in any situation," he said. On August 22, 1990, Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson drove to "Lovers Lane" in a wooded area of Houston. By searching public records (such as death certificates and newspaper clippings), forensic genealogists are then able to construct a family tree that can point them right to the suspect, even if that suspect has never provided their DNA to any public database. Both were involved in a lesbian relationship and on May 19, 1996, the two young women went on a camping trip in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The second night airs Friday at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Similar to the Amber case, this is a killer who knew the area well enough to know that this spot was frequented by couples. She was determined She was also a Russian scholar. 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"Two popular kids who were essentially gunned down in a Lover's Lane situation," said Kadner. Could it help Kadner finally nail the lovers lane killer? They're very, very different in force and intensity to the victim.'. The Oxygen documentary 'Lovers' Lane Murders' is set to premiere on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at 9/8c and 10/9c. [26], On December 22, 2018, veteran reporter Mike Holtzclaw wrote an article for the Daily Press marking Colonial Parkway murders whistleblower Fred Atwell's passing titled: "Former Deputy's Death Leaves Parkway Victim's Families Wondering What He Knew. A woman's shoes and handbag were on the floorboard. It s a place where instead of love, the couple met a terrible fate. Three days later, the two bodies were discovered by Knobling's father and a search party along the water's edge of the James River. They had their answer on January 4th, when a county road worker found Kalitzkes body 7 miles north of the murder scene, at the bottom of a steep embankment on a lonely Cascade County highway. 'That tells me that either they were getting ready because they thought they were pulled over by a police officer or a park ranger, or whoever approached them pretended to be a cop or was a cop,'Clemente suggests. Watch S1 E1 Home Watch News Latest Episodes 43:49 S1 - E4 A Portrait Of Evil 43:49 S1 - E3 They were last seen attending a party in the University Square area in Newport News, Virginia at 1:30 a.m. on April 10. Because Mr. Gould had been cremated, investigators collected DNA from his children, which linked Mr. Gould to the sperm cell that had been found on Ms. Kalitzkes body, Sergeant Kadner said. It was their first date together, and Hall's first date since he broke up with his girlfriend of nearly four years. A new documentary is exploring a string of unsolved double homicides that occurred at a 'lovers' lane' in Virginia more than three decades ago, as experts try to figure out if the murders were the work of a serial killer or just a gruesome coincidence. The investigation involved painstaking research into a long-ago crime that had once generated national media attention. Theyre excited, but at the same time, it has brought up a lot of memories, Kadner said. Oxygen's two-night true-crime special Lovers' Lane Murders focuses on the slaying of eight men and women at the Colonial Parkway in Virginia The double homicides took play over a four-year. According to the synopsis of 'Lovers' Lane Murders', "In the premiere episode, after US Naval Academy graduate Cathy Thomas and her girlfriend Becky Dowski are murdered in a . Market data provided by Factset. In 2014, retired Great Falls police Detective John Cameron wrote a book claiming Edward Wayne Edwards, a serial killer implicated in several murders similar to Kalitske's and Bogle's, had done the deed. Police assume Daniel died similarly. Clippings from the Great Falls Tribune were part of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office investigative file into the 1956 murders of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle. They had also not been sexually molested. The locations of the two sets of murders were just 30 minutes apart, and investigators linked the cases together, but both of them have remained unsolved. But the resolution, she said, had also reopened pain from that era, particularly for an older generation that knew Mr. Bogle as funny and charming the one that everybody in my family loved. She said her aunt had been in tears all week. The canvas top of the jeep had been rolled up and pinned back even though it had rained over the weekend. Newspaper reports at the time say she was fully clothed, but a vaginal swab was taken, even though there was no sign of sexual assault. "The families are determined to see this through. that has never been solved and featured in one of . In the inaugural episode, a U.S. However, Cathy moved on and pursued a thriving career as a stockbroker. Their murders remain unsolved. The two victims were last seen on September 19, 1987, after the young couple had met at an arcade and Robin had snuck out later that night to meet up with David. They had both been shot several times in the back of the head. However, Cathy was unafraid to try things that no one else had done before. The ignition switch, radio and headlights on his car were on, and the car was in gear. "It felt great because for the first time in 65 years we finally had a direction and a place to take the investigation," Kadner told NPR. The lovers lane murders just wouldnt be solved. The bodies were covered in an electric blanket from Daniels car and were badly decomposed, which made it impossible to determine either the cause of death or whether there had been sexual assault. Donnas body was found without shoes, no defensive wounds, and clutching pine needles leading investigators to believe that she and Margaret were actually killed where their bodies were found. 'My skin was so bad I stopped going out': Expert reveals his 3 top skincare tips as women tell how an Kate and William's tribute to Aberfan: Solemn royals pay their respects in poignant visit 57 years after the Kate the climber! Thomas described the Colonial Parkway as a popular spot to travel along the river. Not every murder gets solved. Each had been shot in the head. Kalitzkes parents expected them home at a decent hour: she had school in the morning. He had also been thrown in the river alive, and then drowned. Detectives had an uncomfortable task ahead of them: letting a dead man's family know that, despite the fact that he'd never previously been identified as a person of interest, he was now the key suspect in a double homicide and rape. The case eventually went cold. ", "Was The Colonial Parkway Killer Pretending To Be Law Enforcement? His expensive camera had not been taken. Without any leads, the case went cold. [20], On October 8, 2016, the Richmond Times Dispatch ran an in-depth article on the 30th anniversary of the Colonial Parkway murders case: After 30 Years, Relatives in Parkway Murders Hope for a Break in Cases[21], On October 8, 2016, the Virginian-Pilot published in-depth story, "The Killer Could Still be Out There: 30 Years Later, Still No Answers in the Colonial Parkway Murders"[22], On May 4, 2018, the Colonial Parkway murders were covered in featured panel discussion at the annual "CrimeCon" true crime convention in Nashville. She'd been sexually assaulted and murdered. Crime: Eight people were murdered at the Colonial Parkway over a four-year span, starting with the slaying of Cathy Thomas, 27, (L) and Rebecca 'Becky' Dowski, 21, (R) in October 1986, Loss Thomas and Dowski had been dating for several months and went missing on October 9, 1986, after they were seen leaving the College of William and Mary computer lab together, Murder: Thomas's white 1980 Honda Civic, had been pushed down an embankment off of the Colonial Parkway in Williamsburg. 18 year-old Lloyd Duane Bogle, from Waco, Texas, was a Christmas guest at the Kalitzke home, and had stayed over the new year. It appears that Thomas may have struggled with her attacker as a clump of hair was later found between her fingers. They asked for the family's help in either proving or disproving that Gould was the man responsible and the family complied. Lovers' Lane Murders will examine both, and it's all kicking off Thursday, Feb. 11 with a two-night special premiere. Cathy was eager to introduce her new girlfriend to the family during Thanksgiving that year. . I wasnt sure how they were going to react when I come to them saying, Hey your dads a suspect in this case, but they were great to work with, he said. Psychic Pam Coronado felt that the killings were all related but that the locations of the cars were not where the actual violence occurred. There were two pairs of underwear, shoes, and Knobling's wallet were found in the car, which ruled robbery out as a probable motive. In preview clips for the Lovers' Lane Murders special, forensic criminologistLaura Pettler andformer FBI profiler Jim Clemente are among the team of experts who are tearing apart the cases, looking for clues. Bill Thomas, a producer on Oxygen's 'Lovers' Lane Murders' is seen here with a portrait of his sister Cathy Thomas. Then they sift through death certificates, newspaper clippings, and other public records to construct a family tree which can lead to the killer. "In those first classes at the service academies, they were subject to such levels of hatred and harassment. He was immediately met with the daunting task of digitizing the expansive case file, an endeavor that took months. All rights reserved. One such investigator was Detective Sgt. And in these 34 years, she would have done amazing things.". And there Kalitzke and Bogles murders stayed: unsolved. Now that the authorities have a suspect, it conclusively allows to us to stop wondering, she said. And Bode Technology gave him a name: Kenneth Gould. Her father established a reward fund for any tips that would lead to his daughters killer, and contributions quickly mounted to more than five hundred dollars. This case, like the others, has gone unsolved, but all four double homicides remain active. WTVR News 6 in Richmond reported that there was additional DNA evidence available for testing in the Colonial Parkway murders. But the case still sat cold. PETER NYGARD ACCUSER EXPLAINS WHY SHE'S SPEAKING OUT IN NEW SHOCKING DOC: 'I HAVE NEVER BEEN QUIET ABOUT THIS', Bill Thomas, a producer on Oxygen's 'Lovers' Lane Murders' is seen here with a portrait of his sister Cathy Thomas. "Some longtime law enforcement people have said to me that it was like the wild West out there at night because it was only patrolled every few hours," said Thomas. When the couple didnt show, they hoped (prayed) the two had eloped. We're starting with a distant relative and trying to work back toward our unknown sample.". "They're excited, but at the same time, it has brought up a lot of memories," Kadner said. Both victims were partially clothed. ", JONBENET RAMSEYS HALF BROTHER STILL WANTS TO FIND HER KILLER: THIS CASE CAN BE SOLVED, Part 1 and 2 of Oxygen's 'Lovers Lane Murders' airs Thursday night. Foul play is suspected. But the next day, Jan. 4, 1956, a county road worker found her body off a gravel road about five miles north of Great Falls. Now, a team of former FBI special agents intends to bringing them to justice and providing answers to the victims' families. In most cases, those profiles can end up linking to distant relatives of the culprit say, a second or third cousin. Market data provided by Factset. Weiss had been shot in the head, while Hajek had been stabbed seven times in her upper torso. Mr. Gould had no known criminal history, and detectives do not know if he had any relationship with Ms. Kalitzke or Mr. Bogle. Go outdoors: TV presenter Gethin Jones reveals the one lesson he's learned from life. 'People are attracted to spots of strong emotion,' she said. He then followed a trail of blood which led to the bodies of Hall and Margaret underneath a checkered red and blue blanket about 20 feet away. And a lot of fantastic work has gone into the Colonial Parkway murders. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, On Sunday morning, October 12, 1986, Columbus Day weekend, a pedestrian jogger saw a car down an embankment at the Cheatham Annex Overlook on the Colonial Parkway seven miles east of Williamsburg, Virginia and a mile from the Cheatham Annex Naval Base where it was obscured from the view of the road. The crimes seemed motiveless. The same gun, a .38 caliber pistol, was used in all three shootings, which suggested that a single perpetrator was responsible for all . Genealogy may have solved 1996 case. Was she alive, or had she been murdered along with her boyfriend? 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Despite her drive and determination, Cathy left the Navy just before her death. Theirs is believed to be the oldest case ever solved with forensic genealogy. It's unclear what they were doing together. First he digitized the entire case file, which took months. And remember, this was the 1980s. Thomas said that over the years, there have been moments where he was frustrated with the investigation of his sisters murder. They were never seen alive again. [1] In each incident, a young couple sitting in a vehicle was targeted and both were killed. The women were bound with rope and strangled. Jon Kadner, who was assigned the case in 2012 his first cold case, he said during an interview with NPR. Traci Rosenbaum/The Great Falls Tribune, via Associated Press. Sixty years later, Patti Kalitzke and Lloyd Bogle had the justice they deserved. The series made its debut on February 1112, 2021. "She had martial arts training from the Naval Academy and she was incredibly athletic. Donna, specifically had an extreme level of Demerol in her system even though there was no Demerol actually found at the crime scene.
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