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Aug 31, 2026 · 5 min · 5 segments
In May 1996, Julie Williams and Lollie Winans were young, in love, and enjoying their favourite hobby: hiking and camping along the breathtaking trails of Shenandoah National Park. But with the…
On the 1st of June 1996, the serene beauty of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia was broken by the brutal murders of two young women.
24-year-old Julie Williams and 26-year-old Lolly Winans had been hiking and camping off the beaten track.
Dedicating their lives to teaching other women how to safely navigate the outdoors, the couple had found peace and belonging in nature.
Julie and Lolly were found bound and gagged with their throats slashed, still cocooned in their own sleeping bags.
Somehow their killer had traced them to their secluded campsite before slipping away with barely a trace.
And solving this crime in the vast, rugged terrain of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains would be far from a straightforward route to justice.
Investigators veered from one theory to another, blindly following false trails whilst overlooking the signposts that mattered most.
Were Julie and Lolly targeted because they were a same-sex couple? Was a serial killer stalking the Shandoa Valley? Or did the authorities wander so far off the map that they almost missed the truth entirely? It would take almost three decades and huge leaps in forensic technology for answers to finally emerge.
On the 1st of June 1996, the serene beauty of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia was broken by the brutal murders of two young women.
24-year-old Julie Williams and 26-year-old Lolly Winans had been hiking and camping off the beaten track.
Dedicating their lives to teaching other women how to safely navigate the outdoors, the couple had found peace and belonging in nature.
Julie and Lolly were found bound and gagged with their throats slashed, still cocooned in their own sleeping bags.
Somehow their killer had traced them to their secluded campsite before slipping away with barely a trace.
And solving this crime in the vast, rugged terrain of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains would be far from a straightforward route to justice.
Investigators veered from one theory to another, blindly following false trails whilst overlooking the signposts that mattered most.
Were Julie and Lolly targeted because they were a same-sex couple? Was a serial killer stalking the Shandoa Valley? Or did the authorities wander so far off the map that they almost missed the truth entirely? It would take almost three decades and huge leaps in forensic technology for answers to finally emerge.
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