NEW: Colonial Parkway Murders: Ginny Minarik Remembers Becky Dowski

Oct 18, 2021 · 45m 42s
NEW: Colonial Parkway Murders: Ginny Minarik Remembers Becky Dowski
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Our 100th episode! Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley with Ginny Minarik, sister-in-law to Colonial Parkway Murders victim Becky Dowski. She remembers Becky, explains how her...

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Our 100th episode! Join Mind Over Murder co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley with Ginny Minarik, sister-in-law to Colonial Parkway Murders victim Becky Dowski. She remembers Becky, explains how her former husband Bob and Ginny learned the facts of Becky's murder, and gives us the background on Becky's jealous former boyfriend who remains a person of interest in the case.

New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers, Hope DNA Advances will Solve Case By Em Holter and Abigail Adcox

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-colonial-parkway-murders-anniversary-1024-20211022-76jkpte6qvez7onybmhbhp7nfi-story.html

New Article in Medium: The Colonial Parkway Murders — A Tale of Two Killers? By Quinn Zane

https://medium.com/unburied/the-colonial-parkway-murders-a-tale-of-two-killers-1e8fda367a48

Washington Post: "Crimes of Passion"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1997/08/15/crimes-of-passion/0a38e8f9-6d04-48e4-a847-7d3cba53c363/

New feature article in the Daily Beast: "Inside the Maddening Search for Virginia’s Colonial Parkway Serial Killer"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happened-to-cathleen-thomas-and-rebecca-dowski-inside-the-hunt-for-the-colonial-parkway-killer

Citizens! Check out our new line of "Mind Over Murder" t-shirts and other good stuff !

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Othram featured case! We are getting close-- can you help with a financial contribution to help solved this case? Any amount will help. Just click on the DNAsolves.com link below. Thanks.

The Will County Coroner's Office and Othram Team to identify a Young Woman Found in 1981

https://dnasolves.com/articles/will_county_jane_doe_1981/

Washington Post Op-Ed Piece by Deidre Enright of the Innocence Project:

"The FBI should use DNA, not posters, to solve a cold-case murder"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/25/julie-williams-laura-winans-unsolved-murder-test-dna/

New Story on Oxygen: "Loni Coombs Feels A Kinship To 'Lovers' Lane' Victim Cathy Thomas"

Loni Coombs felt an immediate connection to Cathy Thomas, a groundbreaking gay woman who broke through barriers at the U.S. Naval Academy before she was brutally murdered along the Colonial Parkway in Virginia.

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/loni-coombs-feels-a-kinship-to-colonial-parkway-victim-cathy-thomas

NYT: Two Montana Sweethearts Were Fatally Shot in 1956. The Case Was Just Solved.

The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office said it appeared to be the oldest homicide case in the United States to be solved with genetic genealogy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/great-falls-montana-2007-homicide-dna.html

Next year's CrimeCon will be held April 29-May 1, 2022 in Las Vegas. We will both be there!

Details: https://www.crimecon.com/cc22

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4 new episodes on the Colonial Parkway Murders are available on Oxygen as "The Lover's Lane Murders." The series is available on the free Oxygen app, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon, and many other platforms. https://www.oxygen.com/lovers-lane-murders

Oxygen" "Who Were The Colonial Parkway Murder Victims? 8 Young People All Killed In Virginia Within 4 Years" https://www.oxygen.com/lovers-lane-murders/crime-news/who-were-the-colonial-parkway-murder-victims

Washington Post Magazine: "Victims, Families and America’s Thirst for True-Crime Stories." "For Bill Thomas, his sister Cathy’s murder is a deeply personal tragedy. For millions of true-crime fans, it’s entertainment." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/07/30/feature/victims-families-and-americas-thirst-for-true-crime-stories/

Daily Press excellent series of articles on the Colonial Parkway Murders: "The Parkway" http://digital.dailypress.com/static/parkway_cottage/main/index.html

New Colonial Parkway Murders website: https://colonialparkwaymurders.com

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