Hi crime junkies I'm Ashley Flowers and it is always a great day when I can bring

you a case update and if you have been following us on Instagram or you've seen

some of the latest headlines in true crime news over the last 24 hours or so,

you already know what I'm about to say. There has been a breakthrough in the infamous

colonial Parkway murders some 30 years later,

thanks to DNA.

Back in our baby crime junkie days of 2018,

me and Britt released a two-part episode

on the colonial Parkway murders.

If you haven't listened yet, don't worry, we're actually going to be attaching both parts

to the end of this update.

I do ask that you please be kind.

I was a new podcaster and apparently also sick for one of the

episodes so it's a real throwback. Plus anything that has happened over the last

five years won't be included in that but it is still a good refresher and

either way whether you re-listen or not,

let me catch you up to speed for this new development.

I'll give you a quick recap.

So back between 1986 and 1989,

at least four couples were killed along the colonial parkway in southeast Virginia.

And it left the investigators and the public to believe that they were all connected.

The remote isolated area that the colonial parkway provided was known to be somewhat of like a lover's lane for couples,

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