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With the news of a break in the Colonial Parkway Murders, I wanted to re-release an interview I conducted with Bill Thomas, brother of victim Cathy Thomas, where we discussed the case, which was at a standstill in 2022. Some essential facts about the Colonial Parkway are if you have never had the pleasure of driving it or experiencing it on a class trip.\nAccording to the National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/colo/parkway.htm\n\nThe Colonial Parkway is a twenty-three mile scenic roadway stretching from the York River at Yorktown to the James River at Jamestown.\xa0\n\nThe road does it best to remind drivers of days past as\xa0the parkway does not allow semi trucks and is toll-free.\n\nAs you meander though the parkway you are graced with beautiful views of the James and York rivers that run along the parkway.\n\nAccording to Triple A "redbuds and dogwoods decorate the roadway in spring, while fall brings an explosion of autumn colors\u201d\n\nFrom an article in the Daily Press in 1990, the parkway is no place to be after dark \u201dAt night, the mood changes. The trees form a tunnel of blackness, broken only if the moon is shining. There are no streetlights, no call boxes and no fast-food restaurants or convenience stores where a driver might find refuge in case of a breakdown\u201d.\n\nThe parkway is under the rangers' jurisdiction because it is federal land owned by the National Park Service\n\nWhen a serious crime is committed, the York County Sheriff's Department, the Williamsburg or James City police departments are called to assist, Neprash said.\xa0\n\nThe parkway is federal land, the FBI may also become involved in investigations.\n\nCrimemuseum.org says, "police have questioned 150 suspects in connection to these four cases, but all have been cleared.\xa0\n\nThe police attribute these eight murders to the same killer because of similarities in each case.\xa0\n\nAll of the victims were killed at or near their car, the first three being found at known lover\u2019s lane areas.\xa0\n\nNone of the victims were robbed, and sexual assault did not appear to be a motive in any of the cases.\xa0\n\nThe first and third murders were mere miles apart, and the second and fourth were committed about a half hour away from the Parkway.\n\nIn 2018, the Facebook page Colonial Parkway Murders, which is run by Cathy\u2019s brother Bill Thomas, and today's guest revealed that DNA had been found at 3 of the 4 crime scenes which could potentially conclusively link the cases and lead to an arrest. Hair that had been found in Cathy\u2019s hand and a biological sample found on Robin have never been tested\n\n\nThe First couple to fall victim Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski\n\n\xa0Cathleen Thomas, 27, Class of 1981 graduate United States Naval Academy and College of William & Mary senior Rebecca Ann Dowski, 21. On October 12, 1986, Columbus Day weekend, their bodies were found inside Thomas' white 1980 Honda Civic at the Cheatham Annex Overlook\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices