NEW: Eyes of a Monster with Author Ron Peterson, Jr.
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/
You can contribute to help "Mind Over Murder" do our important work:
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/
You can contribute to help "Mind Over Murder" do our important work:
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