NEW: Confessions of the Green River Killer

Author Maria DiLorenzo joins "Mind Over Murder" co-hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to discuss her new book, "Confessions of the Green River Killer: A True Story of Manipulation, Madness and a Search for Justice." The book is drawn from her two years of interviews with notorious serial killer Gary Ridgeway, who was covicted of killing 49 victims, although his actual body count could be between 80 and 90, making him one of the most prolific serial killer in United States history.

Confessions of the Green River Killer: A True Story of Manipulation, Madness, and a Search for Justice

https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Green-River-Killer-Manipulation/dp/B0F88XCVZ6/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0

Beyond the Crime: From the Perspective of Those Who Kill

https://www.beyondthecrime.com/

Daily Press: FBI links 1988 Colonial Parkway double-murder case to serial killer, but families say evidence falls short

https://www.dailypress.com/2026/09/18/colonial-parkway-killings/

WAVY: Disappearances of 2 more Colonial Parkway victims linked to Alan Wade Wilmer Sr.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/two-1988-newport-news-murders-linked-to-deceased-man/

WTKR: FBI officially links disappearances of 2 more Colonial Parkway victims to Alan Wade Wilmer Sr.

https://www.wtkr.com/news/crime/live-families-of-colonial-parkway-murder-victims-share-updates

WVEC: Colonial Parkway killer linked to two more murders

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/fbi-closes-colonial-parkway-case-involving-keith-call-and-cassandra-hailey-families-remain-frustrated/291-742b6d6a-c792-43b8-9238-51a3c92492a4

NBC: FBI Norfolk field office links deceased suspect to additional Colonial Parkway MurdersIn January 2026, the FBI announced Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. is responsible for the 1986 Virginia murders of Cathleen Thomas and Rebecca Dowski.

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/colonial-parkway-murders-cathleen-thomas-rebecca-dowski-resolved-rcna255097

American Detective TV series: Colonial Parkway Murders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3rNRZnL0E

Washingtonian: A Murder on the Rappahannock River:

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/06/27/murder-on-the-rappahannock-river-emerson-stevens-mary-harding-innocence-project/

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13News Now investigates: A serial killer's DNA will not be entered into CODIS database:

https://www.13newsnow.com/video/news/local/13news-now-investigates/291-e82a9e0b-38e3-4f95-982a-40e960a71e49

WAVY TV 10 on the Colonial Parkway Murders Announcement with photos:

https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/deceased-man-identified-as-suspect-in-decades-old-homicides/

WTKR News 3

https://www.wtkr.com/news/is-man-linked-to-one-of-the-colonial-parkway-murders-connected-to-the-other-cases

Virginian Pilot: Who was Alan Wade Wilmer Sr.? Man suspected in two ‘Colonial Parkway’ murders died alone in 2017

https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/01/14/who-was-alan-wade-wilmer-sr-man-suspected-in-colonial-parkway-murders-died-alone-in-2017/

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https://www.facebook.com/ColonialParkwayCase

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