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Alan W. Wilmer Snr, has been identified as the killer of two Colonial Parkway murders and another unrelated strangulation murder, by DNA, after his death in 2017. Details of how this was done so far remain elusive.
The Colonial Parkway murders were the serial murders of at least eight people in the U.S. state of Virginia between 1986 and 1989. The killings mostly took place along the Colonial Parkway, a 22-mile long thoroughfare that cuts through the Colonial National Historical Park and connects Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown. Long stretches of the road are devoid of any streetlights and are extremely isolated, making it a popular lovers lane location frequented by young adults.
In each incident, a young couple sitting in a vehicle was targeted and both were killed. Three pairs of victims were recovered, and another couple remains missing and presumed dead. Several additional homicides have also been tentatively linked to the four confirmed cases. The causes of death included strangulation, gunshot and stabbing. The killer drove his victims’ vehicles away from the murder sites.
More to come on this, it's featured in the crime space for a long time.
The suspect Wilmer, died at age 63. Investigators are still working to reconstruct his movements and encounters with others during his lifetime.
Wilmer was 5'5" tall, was muscular and weighed around 165 pounds, police said. He had sandy-brown hair, blue eyes, and a close-cropped beard.
Wilmer went by the nickname "Pokey" and drove a blue 1966 Dodge Fargo pickup truck with the license plate "EM-RAW," police said.
He owned a small fishing boat named "the Denni Wade," which he often lived on while it was docked at marinas along the many waterways in southeastern Virginia. He made a living through clamming and oystering but also ran a small business called "Better Tree Service."
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The Colonial Parkway murders were the serial murders of at least eight people in the U.S. state of Virginia between 1986 and 1989. The killings mostly took place along the Colonial Parkway, a 22-mile long thoroughfare that cuts through the Colonial National Historical Park and connects Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown. Long stretches of the road are devoid of any streetlights and are extremely isolated, making it a popular lovers lane location frequented by young adults.
In each incident, a young couple sitting in a vehicle was targeted and both were killed. Three pairs of victims were recovered, and another couple remains missing and presumed dead. Several additional homicides have also been tentatively linked to the four confirmed cases. The causes of death included strangulation, gunshot and stabbing. The killer drove his victims’ vehicles away from the murder sites.
More to come on this, it's featured in the crime space for a long time.
The suspect Wilmer, died at age 63. Investigators are still working to reconstruct his movements and encounters with others during his lifetime.
Wilmer was 5'5" tall, was muscular and weighed around 165 pounds, police said. He had sandy-brown hair, blue eyes, and a close-cropped beard.
Wilmer went by the nickname "Pokey" and drove a blue 1966 Dodge Fargo pickup truck with the license plate "EM-RAW," police said.
He owned a small fishing boat named "the Denni Wade," which he often lived on while it was docked at marinas along the many waterways in southeastern Virginia. He made a living through clamming and oystering but also ran a small business called "Better Tree Service."
Virginia police identify suspect in 3 cold-case homicides from the 1980s, including victims of the "Colonial Parkway Murders"
The "Colonial Parkway Murders" involved the 1980s deaths of three couples and the suspected death of a fourth couple whose bodies were never recovered.
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