On the 31st of May, 1996, Tom Williams picked up the phone and called Shenandoah National Park. His daughter, Julie, hadn’t come home from her camping trip with her girlfriend, Lollie. She was supposed to be back by the 28th. Three days had passed. She had a new job starting June first. Julie wasn’t the kind of person who just didn’t show up.
Sources:
Star Tribune, 4 June, 1996 – “2 Women Killed”
Bangor Daily News, 5 June, 1996 – “Hikers Slain”
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 5 June, 1996 – “Two Hikers’ Throats Cut”
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 5 June, 1996 – “Slain St. Cloud Woman”
Daily Hampshire Gazette, 6 June, 1996 – “Uphill Climb”
Bangor Daily News, 7 June, 1996 – “FBI Offers Reward”
The Minnesota Star Tribune, 7 June, 1996 – “Saying Goodbye”
USA Today, 7 June, 1996 – “Fear Lurks”
Bangor Daily News, 8 June, 1996 – “Hate Crime Theory Raised”
Daily Press, 14 June, 1996 – “Officials Sort”
Daily Press, 21 June, 1996 – “Reno”
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 23 June, 1996 – “Probe of Deaths”
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 23 June, 1996 – “Though I Walk”
Daily News-Record, 15 July, 1996 – “Authorities Press On”
Akron Beacon Journal, 21 July, 1996 – “FBI Releases”
Daily News-Record, 22 July, 1996 – “Tips”
Daily Press, 24 July, 1996 – “FBI Looks”
The Minnesota Star Tribune, 23 May, 1997 – “In their Memory”
Associated Press, 10 April, 2002 – “U.S. Announce”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 April, 2002 – “Hate Crimes Law”
Daily Press, 6 May, 2003 – “Details of Hikers”
The Roanoke Times, 6 May, 2003 – “Hikers Tortured”
The Roanoke Times, 20 July, 2003 – “Tragedy on the Trail”
Daily Press, 30 October, 2003 – “Federal Judge Delays”
Associated Press, 7 February, 2004 – “Prosecutors Seek”
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 26 February, 2004 – “Murder Indictment”
The Free Lance-Star, 8 June, 2004 – “Rice Indicted”
The Free Lance-Star, 31 March, 2009 – “Rice in Jail”
The Free Lance-Star, 2 June, 2016 – “Double Homicide”
Bristol Herald Courier, 20 June, 2024 – “FBI Says”
CBS – 6 WTVR, 20 June, 2024 – “DNA Links”
