When Annamaria Phelps and Daniel Lauer turn up dead in a lovers’ lane area close to the Colonial Parkway in northern Virginia, many in law enforcement are convinced that this fourth double homicide in three years proves the work of a serial killer.
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No Bodies, No Answers
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Aired: 02/12/2021
An entire region is on edge after college students Cassandra Hailey and Keith Call go missing from a lovers’ lane area in Northern Virginia. Is this third double homicide on the Colonial Parkway an unnerving coincidence or proof of a serial killer?
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Evil Strikes Again
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Aired: 02/11/2021
With Cathy Thomas and Becky Dowski’s Colonial Parkway homicide still unsolved, a new double murder less than a year later leaves law enforcement rattled. Are the slayings of David Knobling and Robin Edwards in another lovers’ lane area connected?
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No One Can Hear You Scream
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After US Naval Academy graduate Cathy Thomas and her girlfriend Becky Dowski are murdered in a lovers’ lane area on the Colonial Parkway in Virginia, authorities are left to wonder if this is a hate crime or the birth of something more ominous.
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Annamaria Phelps’ sister Jennifer Phelps describes the moment they learned Annamaria Phelps and Daniel Lauer’s car had been found abandoned at a highway rest stop.
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Mike Holtzclaw, a local reporter who covered the 30th anniversary of the murders, says everyone has different opinions, including a law enforcement officer he interviewed who believed the Knobling/Edwards case was separate.
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The Colonial Parkway victims’ families all have different theories about the killings: Annamaria Phelps’ sister, for example, doesn’t think her murder is connected to the others.
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Joe Wolfinger, a retired FBI special agent who oversaw the search for Cassandra Hailey and Keith Call, describes the massive effort that went into it. They did spot a body in the river… but it was a man who had fallen off a ship.
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Joyce Call-Canada, Keith Call’s sister, says she became very nervous learning all of his clothes had been found in his car. It made her wonder what happened to him in his final moments.
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Loni Coombs suggests maybe the car was simply dumped on the parkway because it seems unusual for Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey to stop on the Colonial Parkway at night knowing its reputation.
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Criminologist Dr. Laura Pettler does a crime scene reconstruction of David Knobling’s car as it was found: with the door open and the wallet on the dashboard.
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Bonnie Edwards, Robin Edwards’ mom, says she was watching the news when local media reported two bodies had been found, and the victims were shot execution-style. No one notified her first.
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Colonial Parkway is a 23-mile road that connects Jamestown to Yorktown in Virginia. In the ‘80s it was known for drug activity, and the murders gave it almost urban legend status.
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Loni Coombs and Maureen O’Connell visit the place where Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski were found dead: in their car, which the killer tried to push down an embankment and set on fire.
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Lovers’ lanes are known to be secluded, and those visiting them will likely have their guard down and not be closely observing their surroundings, making them attractive to murderers, Loni Coombs explains.
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Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowksi stopped by the Yorktown Pub before they were killed. Did their murderer follow them from the bar, or were they waiting for them on the Colonial Parkway?
Retired FBI Profiler and Executive Producer of Oxygen’s “Lovers’ Lane Murders” breaks down why the public might not have access to all case details in an unsolved case.
Retired FBI Profiler Jim Clemente lends his analysis to the four double homicides, known as the Colonial Parkway Murders. The cases are the focus of Oxygen’s “Lovers’ Lane Murders.”
Retired FBI profiler and Executive Producer of Oxygen’s “Lovers’ Lane Murders” Jim Clemente discusses the four double homicides. The series premieres on February 11th and 12th at 9/8c on Oxygen.
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Hundreds of people have been found dead along America’s highway system. Multiple murderers have been dubbed “The Freeway Killer,” and many other serial killers active on highways have never been caught.
