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SPECIAL REPORT
Who killed
her daughter?
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Five years ago, the FBI and Virginia State Police
said they were running forensic tests to determine
every crime serial killer Richard Marc Evonitz committed.
Instead, they relentlessly pursued another man.
Today, the families of at least three slain women
are left without answers.
Above: Sadie Showalter awaits justice for her daughter, ‘29 Stalker’ victim Alicia Showalter Reynolds.
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Navigating the Project
The ACCUSED
Darrell Rice: Maryland resident pursued by federal authorities since July 1997; accused of 1996 Shenandoah National Park slayings and of being the 29 Stalker
Richard Marc Evonitz: serial killer linked after his suicide in 2002 to three Spotsylvania County slayings in 1996 and 1997
THE CASES
29 Stalker:
A white man in
a dark pickup flagged down dozens of women drivers, chiefly along U.S. 29 between Manassas and Charlottesville, at least from January to March 1996. He is believed to be responsible for the death of Alicia Showalter Reynolds.
Shenandoah: Campers Julie Williams and Lollie Winans were killed in Shenandoah National Park in May 1996.
Lisk–Silva: Sofia Silva and sisters Kristin Lisk and Kati Lisk were killed by Evonitz in 1996 and 1997.
INVESTIGATORS
Peter C. Groh: original FBI case agent in Shenandoah slayings; also worked 29 Stalker case Jane Collins: FBI case agent for Shenandoah slayings after Groh’s retirement; also worked 29 Stalker case Donald W. Thompson Jr.: FBI Richmond Division special agent in charge, February 1998–July 2006; Collins’ former supervisor; now retired
Charles J. Cunningham: FBI Richmond Division special agent in charge since August 2006; Collins’ current supervisor Stan Gregg: Virginia State Police case agent in Alicia Showalter Reynolds’ slaying Rick Jenkins: Virginia State Police captain in charge of criminal investigations in region; Gregg’s supervisor
Tim Alley: National Park Service investigator in Shenandoah slayings
PROSECUTORS
John Brownlee: U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, responsible for the Shenandoah slayings case
Tom Bondurant: assistant U.S. attorney, lead prosecutor in capital murder case against Darrell Rice in Shenandoah slayings
Paul Ebert: Prince William County commonwealth’s attorney; obtained indictments against Rice in the Carmelita Shomo case
Gary Close: Culpeper County commonwealth’s attorney
FBI LAB
Douglas Deedrick: Expert on hairs and fibers evidence and on Richard Marc Evonitz
Bob Fram: Scientific Analysis Section chief
Rice's team
Claire Cardwell:
Richmond attorney,
federal and state cases
James G. Connell III: Fairfax attorney, state case
Deirdre Enright:
Charlottesville attorney, federal and state cases
Fred Heblich:
Charlottesville attorney, federal case
Gerald T. Zerkin:
Richmond, assistant
federal public defender, federal case
The seven slain
MAP: Click here for a map of where the slayings occurred.
Alicia Showalter Reynolds: 25, abducted March 2, 1996, on U.S. 29 in Culpeper, found dead two months later; believed victim of 29 Stalker; case unsolved
Julianne “Julie” Williams, 24, killed in Shenandoah National Park in May 1996. Case unsolved.
Laura “Lollie” Winans (right), 26: killed in Shenandoah National Park in May 1996; case unsolved
Sofia Silva: 16, abducted Sept. 9, 1996, from her Spotsylvania County home; found dead in King George County on Oct. 14, 1996; slaying attributed to Richard Marc Evonitz in August 2002
Anne Carolyn
McDaniel: 20, last seen in the town of Orange on Sept. 18, 1996; found dead four days later in Culpeper County, about seven miles from where Reynolds’ remains were found; case unsolved
Sisters Kristin Lisk (left), 15, and Kati Lisk (right), 12: abducted May 1, 1997, from their Spotsylvania County home; found dead five days later in Hanover County; slayings attributed to Richard Marc Evonitz in August 2002.
OTHER VICTIMS
Yvonne Malbasha:
bicyclist confronted by Darrell Rice in Shenandoah National Park
on July 9, 1997
Carmelita Shomo: escaped after reportedly being abducted by the 29 Stalker in February 1996 in Prince William County
29 Stalker women: dozens of women drivers who reported contact with the 29 Stalker in 1996
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