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FBI: Serial rapist responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings

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Nearly three decades after two young women were found dead in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities have identified a person they believe was responsible for the killings.

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  1. NBC News

    Decades after 2 women were killed in Shenandoah National Park, serial rapist linked to their deaths (opens NBC News)

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    Nearly three decades after two women were found dead in a national park in Virginia, their killer — a "serial rapist" who died in prison in 2018 — was identified through forensic tests, the FBI said Thursday.

  2. The Republic

    FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings (opens The Republic)

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    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly three decades after two young women were found with their throats slashed in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities announced Thursday that they have identified a now-deceased serial rapist from Ohio as the person they believe was responsible for the kil…

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Shenandoah National Park hiker murder case solved after deaths of 2 women in 1996 (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Julie Williams and Lollie Winans were killed in Shenandoah National Park by rapist Walter Leo Jackson, who died in prison, the FBI said Thursday.

  4. Green Field Reporter

    FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly three decades after two young women were found with their throats slashed in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities announced Thursday that they have identified a now-deceased serial rapist from Ohio as the person they believe was responsible for the kil…

  5. Washington Post

    Convicted serial rapist linked to Shenandoah park murders, FBI says (opens Washington Post)

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    The man had never surfaced as a suspect in a nearly 30-year investigation of two murders at a secluded campsite in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

  6. New York Times

    Killer of 2 Women in National Park in 1996 Has Been Identified, F.B.I. Says (opens New York Times)

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    A convicted serial rapist who died in an Ohio prison in 2018 was responsible for the murder of a couple at Shenandoah National Park in a case that initially was believed to be a hate crime.

  7. WMUR

    FBI: Serial rapist responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings (opens WMUR)

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    Nearly three decades after two young women were found dead in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities have identified a person they believe was responsible for the killings.

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