FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings

FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings

Nearly three decades after two young women were found dead in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities have identified a person they believe was responsible for the killings.

FBI solves 1996 Shenandoah Park murders: Serial rapist killed women campers

Julianne Williams and Laura Winans were two friends on a camping adventure in May 1996 when they were sexually assaulted, bound and gagged before being killed.

Nearly three decades after two young women were found slit their throats in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities announced Thursday that they identified a convicted serial rapist from Ohio as the person they believe was responsible for the murders. The bodies of Julianne “Julie” Williams, 24, and her partner, Laura “Lollie” Winans, 26, were found tied up and gagged at their park camp in 1996. The murders sparked a wave of fea…