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Dec 2021
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NEW: Eyes of a Monster with Author Ron P...

William F. Thomas and Kristin M. Dilley
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Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they interview true crime author Ron Peterson, Jr. on his new book "Eyes of a Monster" covering the murder case of Olivia Dare Christian. Olivia Dare Christian was a beloved 32 year old teacher brutally killed in Hampton, Virginia in 1981 whose murder went unsolved until 2011, when a determined detective, Randy Mayer, put together a dream team to help solve this cold case and bring her killer to justice.

Ron Peterson Jr Author website:

https://www.ronpetersonjr.com/

Eyes of a Monster book available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Monster-Ron-Peterson-Jr/dp/1663229228/ref=asc_df_1663229228/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=532676525181&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15164153059601824906&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003199&hvtargid=pla-1443606936139&psc=1

New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers, Hope DNA Advances will Solve Case By Em Holter and Abigail Adcox

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-colonial-parkway-murders-anniversary-1024-20211022-76jkpte6qvez7onybmhbhp7nfi-story.html

New Article in Medium: The Colonial Parkway Murders — A Tale of Two Killers? By Quinn Zane

https://medium.com/unburied/the-colonial-parkway-murders-a-tale-of-two-killers-1e8fda367a48

Washington Post: "Crimes of Passion"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1997/08/15/crimes-of-passion/0a38e8f9-6d04-48e4-a847-7d3cba53c363/

New feature article in the Daily Beast: "Inside the Maddening Search for Virginia’s Colonial Parkway Serial Killer" By Justin Rohrlich

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happened-to-cathleen-thomas-and-rebecca-dowski-inside-the-hunt-for-the-colonial-parkway-killer

Check out our new line of "Mind Over Murder" t-shirts and other good stuff !

https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mind-over-murder-podcast?ref_id=23885

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/


Next year's CrimeCon will be held April 29-May 1, 2022 in Las Vegas. We will both be there!

Details: https://www.crimecon.com/cc22

Featured Case from Othram and DNAsolves.com:

The Will County Coroner's Office and Othram Team to identify a Young Woman Found in 1981:

https://dnasolves.com/articles/will_county_jane_doe_1981/

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