Colonial Parkway Murders - Dark Minds - S02 EP07 - True Crime

Dive into the chilling mystery of the Colonial Parkway Murders in this Dark Minds episode. Two young couples were brutally attacked in Lover's Lane, strangled, and left for dead. Investigative journalist M. William Phelps and criminal profiler John Kelly dissect the gruesome crime scenes, exploring the killer's evolving methods. With a personal connection to one victim, Phelps is driven to solve these cold cases. Uncover the twisted motives, from jealousy to potential hate crimes, as the search for justice continues. Join us on a journey through the mind of a killer in this true crime episode.
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Join the relentless duo of true crime author M. William Phelps and criminal profiler John Kelly in Dark Minds. These two investigators reignite cold cases, offering fresh perspectives on unsolved murders. Fueled by investigative journalism, psychological profiling, and an unlikely source-an anonymous serial killer serving life sentences-they scrutinise evidence, interview witnesses, and piece together profiles of elusive killers. Dive into the enigmatic world of unresolved mysteries.
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[@donnabelmont1198]

20 and 14 at lovers Lane, excuse me…. There were two Perps there that night.

[@carbun7950]

Right!

[@johndowney8575]

Virginia!🙄

[@ryaneverett8375]

Couldn't sleep (5 AM) and this was just uploaded. Perfect timing.

[@englishmenintown8622]

Up all night using Columbia's finest? .....that or serious insomnia

[@ryaneverett8375]

😶‍🌫️

[@Charles-py]

What happen to the boy the government created??

[@peterj5106]

A 14 year old & a 20 year old going for a romantic encounter! ....mmmm.... what's wrong with that picture?🤔

[@ryanchoate9146]

My aunt and uncle got married when she was 15 and he was 22 and they are still together to this day with a large and happy family... it does seem young but that’s how it use to be and I think they were a lot more mature back then than kids these days

[@luvmyfirman]

Don’t read between the lines

[@scallopohare9431]

@@ryanchoate9146Happy for them, but that is the exception. This is not usually a healthy dynamic.

[@scandalfrb4154]

It's possible they didn't know each other's ages since they'd only recently met

[@DiorMarthecollector]

​@@scallopohare9431My dad was 16 and my mother was 21 or 22. To get married they had to wait until he reached adulthood. That was a different time. They still together.

[@SixString16]

I’m from this area. I remember folks being panic stricken for many years. We always suspected someone posing as police. There is massive amount of federally reserved-restricted land surrounding the historical area. I always thought the couple could be buried there. Because digging is not allowed, I don’t think it was ever checked… Prayers to the victim’s family, friends and community. 🙏

[@Alritealritealrite]

Well, it looks like they might be finding some information out now.

[@SixString16]

@@Alritealritealrite Whatsup? 🧐💬

[@Alritealritealrite]

@@SixString16 They're tying a string of murders together with a guy who died thirty years ago. They even mentioned he could be connected to some of the Parkway murders. It's interesting to me because I'm also from around here.

[@ryanchoate9146]

Looks like it wasn’t a policeman after all it was a fisherman that died in 2017 they ran his dna after he passed and they can forensically connect him to 3 of the murders!

[@tumbleweed2240]

@@Alritealritealritesuspect died in 2017

[@darksidemoto3693]

Crazy this comes out 3 days before the actual murderer of two of the colonial parkway victims( david and robin) was found and the case was closed...he died in 2017 Alan Wilmer Sr.

[@Not-the-usual-BS]

Me too!!😅😅its 5:47 am right now!! 😅😅

[@englishmenintown8622]

I think I know why you still awake 😊.....I remember when I couldn't sleep.......party perhaps 😊?

[@Not-the-usual-BS]

@@englishmenintown8622😅no I just happened to wake up early ! I do that sometimes!! 😅

[@Not-the-usual-BS]

@@englishmenintown8622however i did used to party like that !!🎉🎉

[@englishmenintown8622]

@@Not-the-usual-BS oohhhhh I see. I used to hate lying in bed trying so badly to fall asleep but impossible to be honest . Now I am a little more boring and also wake up that early sometimes 😴

[@Told_Ja]

They just found the killer of one of these today in Lancaster VA.

[@darksidemoto3693]

Alan wilmer sr. ..he died in 2017

[@BURRITO44]

I think all killings are connected. Extremely sad and disturbing !!! I pray there is justice !!!

[@user-nn9me8ud6v]

Some people are so evil

[@habituallinestepper8839]

I do not think these cases are all connected. Sadly there’s a lot of messed up people out there.

[@Charles-py]

What ever happened with the boy the government put the chip in??

[@ladygrae126]

They released an update today!

[@Charles-py]

What happened with the boy the government created?? Has anyone heard anything he has got to be atleast 30 years old by now witch is ridiculous

[@Conuremum]

20 and 14 and they don’t mention how wrong it is.

[@joshuaabell444]

I was thinking the same thing

[@praxym9293]

I think it was normal back then

[@jonnytroisi]

That wasn’t the point, they were murdered. You’re not wrong, but it’s a moot point now.

[@Charles-py]

Whats going on with the boy the government created?? How's that coming along now

[@Charles-py]

What's going on with the boy the government created?? Is he still alive?

[@catherineturley]

I might look for a man whose wife left him for another woman around that time frame.

[@yebo-gogo]

Keith's dad - are you kidding me? He sees his son's car abandoned on the side of the road, doors open, keys in the ignition - and he just walks away??? That is so so bizarre. I'm sure if he told police after the son and girlfriend were presumed dead he would have been considered a suspect. I know he wasn't responsible, but that could not have been his shining moment.

[@tanyarobinson2098]

I keep thinking he must carry a lot of guilt for that decision 😢

[@jeanetteannseaman]

Wow, there's more to this crazy part of this sad series of events. I hate to think her dad did anything to these kids. Poor victims, hope they're resting peacefully, they obviously didn't deserve this in anyway, sad...😢

[@yebo-gogo]

@@jeanetteannseaman it's the boy's dad, not the girl's. i don't think he did it. he would not have readily told police that he had seen the abandoned car earlier

[@SixString16]

His father was on his way to work.

[@billthomas56]

I think Mr. Call felt very sorry that he continued on his way to work. He even went under hypnosis to see if he could remember any additional details about Keith‘s Toyota Celica according to Mr. Call, the clothes and other items were not in the car at the time he stopped briefly on his way to work, Bill, Thomas, brother of Cathy Thomas, Colonial Parkway murders

[@RalphJones-oy7te]

Okay so the odd thing I noticed about the first crime was the diesel fuel!! Why that accelerant? I think this person most likely had a diesel generator or tractor or other piece of machinery diesel powered!! Reason I say that is that it seems it was something of opportunity because if they had siphoned it out they would have used gasoline! Most likely someone living in the more rural areas who has little interaction with the public! Just my opinion though!!

[@molasess73k98]

Yes 100% as soon as I heard Diesel Fuel I thought the same thing. I am 50 years old and have never had Diesel Fuel in my life .

[@billthomas56]

I would add that a lot of boats use diesel fuel for their engines, and that tidewater area of Virginia has a lot of small boats, fisherman and crabbers who use diesel engines. Bill Thomas, brother of Cathy Thomas, Colonial Parkway murders.

[@CeliaCackowski]

@@billthomas56 Especially interesting considering the subject of today's announcement was an avid fisherman.

[@CeliaCackowski]

@billthomas56 Bill, I know they haven't tied Wilmer to Cathy and Becky's case, but today's news give me hope that answers can still be found for your family.

[@billthomas56]

Thanks so much. We are thrilled for the Edwards, Knobling and Howell families.

[@user-nn9me8ud6v]

A big monster

[@Charles-py]

What haopend with the boy the government created?? He's got to be almost 30 years old by now

[@dannypinyan3949]

They were grown. They should have got a hotel or a motel. I didn't really care for what the gentleman said poor me. Poor me is what's wrong with the country today. And what happened to them was a horrible thing.

[@catherinecoetzee8888]

The person who killed all the joy in love couples, he's already in prison. The guilty person killed his partner or spouse and got caught. That's why the murders stopped. The connection was never made, so he has no worry of confessing to any other murders ever

[@billthomas56]

Thanks for your interest in our case. Who are you saying committed the Colonial Parkway Murders? Best regards, Bill Thomas, Brother of Cathy Thomas, Colonial Parkway Murders

[@darksidemoto3693]

​@@billthomas56I've been following these for a long time...I believe it was Alan wilmer sr.. they all add up all the same all sloppy all in the same time..he was found guilty of David and Robin's murders today...he died in 2017 Lancaster county..hope this helps

[@darksidemoto3693]

​@@billthomas56we need to get that hair sample pulled again to see if it matches Alan wilmer sr. ...they have his blood now

[@yvonneevie5926]

@@billthomas56 sorry for your loss 😪

[@praxym9293]

These videos are old so updates are common

[@katherinecollins4685]

Great video

[@jilcooper9619]

Love the host; his narcissism and the fact that he never contributed anything to the cases he covered. Makes me laugh out loud every episode. Highly recommend the series

[@cathygillis7083]

I also love that his 'inside source' has no inside info, we could all speculate like him lol

[@jilcooper9619]

@@cathygillis7083 agreed!! Soo entertaining….

[@Tuberuser187]

@@cathygillis7083 I mean even if the "inside source" is real then its probably just someone pulling an Ian Brady or Ted Bundy and trying to inject themselves into other cases to satisfy their own sick needs, both of those and other serial killers have acted as "profilers" and other such nonsense.

[@theblockbuster10]

Lol agreed. I think the only thing he contributes to the case is exposure to it.

[@Power_Prawnstar]

The all filler no killer approach lol, still entertaining, but I've never, ever seen him add anything new to a case

[@davidfitzpatrick7399]

Why would he only chase down couples or at least 2 people in the vehicle? Was it a real cop? Doesn't look like a crime of chance. Likely someone knows more then they're telling. Could it be a Soldier like a Military Police Man? Condolence to the family, may they find answers!

[@vanyahunter3641]

Thanks

[@behnamzadeh1936]

killer in jail advice them about why killer take people in woods doesn't know anything just a blouny

[@Minivanmusician]

Jesperson is very passionate about the whole "spending time with the body" thing ....he dropped something as he buried a body once ... So he never did it again..

[@MurdarCemil]

A smalltime fisherman who died in 2017 has been linked to three cold-case homicides in Virginia from the 1980s, including two that were among a series of unsolved slayings of couples known as the "Colonial Parkway Murders," law enforcement officials announced Monday. Virginia State Police identified the suspect as Alan W. Wilmer Sr., but offered few details about how he's tied to the killings, which occurred in 1987 and 1989, or when he became a suspect. However, authorities said Wilmer would be charged if he were alive.

[@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653]

The diesel fuel probably did not come from the victims car meaning the killer had it in his own vehicle which used diesel fuel.

[@raygay3375]

Seems to me, that if this were someone impersonating law enforcement, there’d a high probability that he’d have attempted a stop, and that he may of failed to convince his target(s) of his legitimacy. I wonder if there was any reports of that type at the time of these instances?

[@andyblank3546]

Retest the dna from the first crime

[@willowJ-nb3iy]

It was the real cop😮

[@billthomas56]

The idea that the killer in the Colonial Parkway murders might be a law-enforcement officer has been part of the mix since the very beginning of this case. Bill Thomas, brother of Cathy Thomas, Colonial Parkway murders.

[@Little_Man152]

All 8 murders are not connected because they just solved 2 of them couple days ago. The one involving David Knobblin and Robin Edwards has been solved. The perpetrator unfortunately will not be charged because he's deceased. 😑

[@thechestermoore]

Who was it?

[@Charles-py]

What ever happened with the boy the government put the chip in?? How ls that coming along over been in the nursing home for so long now I don't here anything

[@user-to5ze9jh7n]

The killer is Henrico county police officer Lewis Marion and he also killed Mike Margaret and Donna Hall then two in Shenandoah national park in 1996

[@Charles-py]

Did yall ever hear about the boy the government created? Wonder what's going on with that now

[@bqkmg2037]

This is like the Zodiac killings in California in the 1960s.

[@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653]

No, it should still be secret because it is deviant, not normal.

[@YourNightmare4u2c]

Solved today! Adam Wade Wilmer, not deceased, confirmed by DNA.

[@sarafinasegale9537]

A park ranger......There uniforms are probably easy to imitate.... Khaki top and pants....They were headed to her home and stopped ... Couples missing.... Kidnapped...This individual must have a partner.....Hot spot.... Avoid detection....by police....

[@ginabuffaloe7534]

I don’t think it was somebody posing as a cop. I think it was a cop.

[@bobo0202]

It was a fisherman. The case has been solved

[@ryanchoate9146]

They just found the man responsible and he was connected through DNA to 3 of the murders! His name is Alan W Wilmer Sr he was a fisherman and died in 2017 they ran his DNA after he died and got a hit! Too bad this dangerous monster got to live his whole life as a free man hopefully he will have to answer in the afterlife for his depraved crimes!!!

[@vanyahunter3641]

Is Raven real like actually or just some actor on the ph..

[@dinatocco4403]

Raven is the serial killer Keith Jesperson. Read a book by the host of this program and he revealed his identity.

[@Charles-py]

Do yall know what ever happened to the boy the government controlled?? He's gotta be getting old now if he's still alive

[@cyndih1993]

The least they could do is give this fake Insider Criminal Mind a voice you can understand

[@trudsgrey1409]

Second person to comment. Am early for once

[@nadz1383]

Why do I feel as though he killed his sis in law😢

[@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door]

SERIOUSLY I highly doubt it!

[@Minivanmusician]

It's clear he loved her ... More than anyone (especially his brother) knew

[@heathernikki5734]

@@MinivanmusicianI lol’d

[@RuminatingWizard]

Yeah back then it was Stay out of our bedrooms. Now its Celebrate pride or ELSE!! alphabet mafia

[@lenasamzelius5530]

Who forces anyone to celebrate Pride? I appreciate the celebrations, but even if I didn't I really can't imagine feeling forced to like them... It reminds me of when some politicians touted making it "allowed to celebrate Christmas again"... Huh? I never heard of anyone who wanted to celebrate Christmas but wasn't allowed to... or even heard a peep about it being frowned upon. Where do all the people who are forced to celebrate Pride live? In the same block as the people not daring to celebrate Christmas? Let me know; I will defend your rights because I support equal rights.

[@heathernikki5734]

@@lenasamzelius5530it’s forced into every store, it’s pushed on google, Facebook , Snapchat , all social media platforms. It’s put in kids television shows and libraries. You CANNOT be serious , June is nothing but rainbow puke now.