Dateline Crime Capsule: The Colonial Parkway Murders
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Dateline Crime Capsule: The Colonial Parkway Murders
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Between 1986 and 1989, at least eight people were murdered near or along Virginia’s Colonial Parkway by an apparent serial killer. In 2024, a suspect named Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. was positively linked to the murders of two of those victims, David Knobling and Robin Edwards. Wilmer, who died in 2017, was also connected to the 1989 murder of Teresa Howell. In 2026, the FBI determined that Wilmer was also connected to the murders of Cathleen Thomas and Rebecca Dowski.Jan. 21, 2026
