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In this bonus episode which originally ran in March 2020, "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley explore the murders of Alexis Murphy and Samantha Clarke with Alexis Murphy's great aunt Trina. Randy Taylor was convicted of Alexis Murphy's murder and her remains have been recovered, yet Samantha Clarke has still not been found despite Randy Taylor being one of the last people to see Samantha alive. Can this mystery be solved? What will it take for Samantha's killer to talk? This is part 2 of 2 parts.

CBS 19 News: Remains of Alexis Tiara Murphy found:

https://www.cbs19news.com/story/43366129/remains-of-alexis-tiara-murphy-found

NBC 12 News: Samantha Clarke disappearance case reclassified as an abduction and homicide investigation:

https://www.nbc12.com/2021/01/15/samantha-clarke-disappearance-case-now-an-abduction-homicide-investigation/

Unsolved Mysteries: Route 29 Stalker:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Route_29_Stalker

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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

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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/

Oxygen: "Loni Coombs Feels A Kinship To 'Lovers' Lane' Victim Cathy Thomas"

Loni Coombs felt an immediate connection to Cathy Thomas, a groundbreaking gay woman who broke through barriers at the U.S. Naval Academy before she was brutally murdered along the Colonial Parkway in Virginia.

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/loni-coombs-feels-a-kinship-to-colonial-parkway-victim-cathy-thomas

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