6/20/2024 UPDATE: This case has been solved. An update episode is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
When a geologist and a wilderness guide go camping in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the last thing anyone expects is for the experienced outdoorswomen to fail to return. Their brutal double-homicide rocks Shenandoah National Park and sparks a decades-long FBI investigation in this episode of Last Seen Alive.
Julie Williams and Lollie Winans were 24 and 26 years old, respectively, when they were murdered in May of 1996. Both were experienced outdoorswomen. Image source: family photo.Julie Williams. Image source: family photo.Lollie Winans. Image source: family photo.Julie and Lollie were accompanied by their golden retriever, Taj, during their camping trip. Taj survived and was later found wandering the park. Image source: Julie and Lollie’s camera.Lollie Winans (left) and Julie Williams (right) frequently embarked upon outdoor adventures together. Image source: family photo.Walter Leo Jackson Sr has been identified by the FBI and Julie and Lollie’s killer. He died in 2018 while serving a prison sentence related to abduction charges. Image source: law enforcement photo.
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