Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they interview true crime author Ron Peterson, Jr. on his new book "Eyes of a Monster" covering the murder case of Olivia Dare Christian. Olivia Dare Christian was a beloved 32 year old teacher brutally killed in Hampton, Virginia in 1981 whose murder went unsolved until 2011, when a determined detective, Randy Mayer, put together a dream team to help solve this cold case and bring her killer to justice.

Ron Peterson Jr Author website:

https://www.ronpetersonjr.com/

Eyes of a Monster book available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Monster-Ron-Peterson-Jr/dp/1663229228/ref=asc_df_1663229228/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=532676525181&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15164153059601824906&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003199&hvtargid=pla-1443606936139&psc=1

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" By Justin Rohrlich

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

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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/


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

Featured Case from Othram and DNAsolves.com:

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/

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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

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