BONUS: Kim Cross: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping

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Kim Cross, New York Times bestselling author of "In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child," joins "Mind Over Murder" podcast hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley is discuss her powerful new book. In very parent's worst nightmare, 12 year old Polly Klass was kidnapped at knifepoint while at a slumber party in Petaluma, California. After a national FBI manhunt, her assailant was caught and her body was recovered. Kim Cross' father-in-law, Eddie Freyer, was the FBI agent in charge of the case, and Kim's access to his records and insight gives this story real power and poignance as the case unfolds. This bonus episode of Mind Over Murder originally ran on October 9, 2023.
Kim Cross: "In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child"
http://www.kimhcross.com/in-light-of-all-darkness
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WTKR News Channel 3: 35 Years Later, Family Without Answers for Colonial Parkway Murders
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New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers
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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
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/
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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Oxygen" "Who Were The Colonial Parkway Murder Victims? 8 Young People All Killed In Virginia Within 4 Years" https://www.oxygen.com/lovers-lane-murders/crime-news/who-were-the-colonial-parkway-murder-victims
Washington Post Magazine: "Victims, Families and America’s Thirst for True-Crime Stories." "For Bill Thomas, his sister Cathy’s murder is a deeply personal tragedy. For millions of true-crime fans, it’s entertainment." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/07/30/feature/victims-families-and-americas-thirst-for-true-crime-stories/
Daily Press excellent series of articles on the Colonial Parkway Murders: "The Parkway" http://digital.dailypress.com/static/parkway_cottage/main/index.html
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