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The FBI Richmond Field Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia announced Thursday that a suspect had been identified in the murders and sexual assaults of Laura"Lollie" Winans and Julianne"Julie" Williams.
The women went missing during a planned trip to the national park. Their bodies were located on June 1, 1996. Their hands were bound. Their throats had been slashed. Meador said the discovery came after a new investigative team started digging into the case in 2021 and eventually submitted items from the crime scene to be retested utilizing advancements in DNA testing.
The FBI’s Richmond Field Office said Jackson was a serial offender who committed kidnappings and rapes of women in June and July of 1996 following the murders of Winans and Williams. “I have no doubt under any standard that Walter Leo Jackson, Sr., committed these murders,” Cavanaugh said. “And in light of the strength of the evidence I firmly believe that we would be able to prove this case to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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