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May 2021
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Ron Little Outs Himself as Suspect in Co...

William F. Thomas and Kristin M. Dilley
About this episode
Explore the curious case of Ron Little, likely co-owner of Liberty Security (later Advance Security), a small security company in Virginia with Mind Over Murder co-hosts Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas. Ron Little actually outed himself a murder suspect in the Colonial Parkway Murders and other unsolved murders in a widely distributed letter in 1989, shortly before Little was deported back to his native New Zealand by the INS. Why would someone write such a bizarre letter?

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Daily Press May 13, 1989: Former investigator taken into custody

https://www.dailypress.com/virginia/dp-pway-4_investigator_051389-story.html

Daily Press August 16, 1989: MAN CLAIMING FBI TARGETED HIM DEPORTED

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19890816-1989-08-16-8908160139-story,amp.html

Read the full 1989 Ron Little Letter:

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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

New York Times: "To Solve 3 Cold Cases, This Small County Got a DNA Crash Course:
Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018. Now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/science/cold-cases-genetic-genealogy.html

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: http://digital.dailypress.com/static/parkway_cottage/main/index.html

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