Join co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley for this bonus episode of Mind Over Murder's "True Crime News." This week, true crime outrage as convicted serial rapist Bill Cosby is released from prison thanks to another sweetheart deal from a prosecutor (jeffrey Epstein, anyone?), and one of the two teenage perpetrators in the Slender Man case gets out of a mental health facility after serving on 3.5 years-- after trying to stab her 12 year old classmate to death.
NPR: "Questions Linger After Bill Cosby's Conviction Was Overturned"
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1012065479/questions-linger-after-bill-cosbys-conviction-was-overturned
NY Times: "Teenager in ‘Slender Man’ Stabbing Is Ordered Released From Mental Hospital"
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/us/slender-man-stabbing-anissa-weier-released.html
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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/
New Story on Oxygen: "Loni Coombs Feels A Kinship To 'Lovers' Lane' Victim Cathy Thomas"
Loni Coombs felt an immediate connection to Cathy Thomas, a groundbreaking gay woman who broke through barriers at the U.S. Naval Academy before she was brutally murdered along the Colonial Parkway in Virginia.
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/loni-coombs-feels-a-kinship-to-colonial-parkway-victim-cathy-thomas
NY Times : "Two Montana Sweethearts Were Fatally Shot in 1956. The Case Was Just Solved"
The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office said it appeared to be the oldest homicide case in the United States to be solved with genetic genealogy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/great-falls-montana-2007-homicide-dna.html
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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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