1981 AT Killer Linked to New Shootings
Thursday, May 8th, 2008“This is another example of why we abolished parole in Virginia.” -George Allen
1981 AT Killer Linked to New Shootings
After two fishermen were shot Tuesday at a Giles County campsite, police said they apprehended Randall Lee Smith in a pickup belonging to a victim.By Shawna Morrison and Mike Gangloff
The Roanoke TimesGILES COUNTY — A man who befriended, then killed, two hikers on the Appalachian Trail in Giles County 27 years ago may have returned to the same section of the trail and shot and wounded two fishermen Tuesday night.
Giles County investigators said Randall Lee Smith, 54, of Pearisburg, Va., is suspected in the shootings at the campsite off Lions Den Road near Dismal Creek, just more than two miles from Wapiti Shelter, where Smith committed an infamous double murder in May 1981.
Smith was captured Tuesday night after he wrecked a pickup truck that belongs to one of the fishermen, Giles County Sheriff Morgan Millirons said.
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I read The Whole Truth? (an eerie, first-hand account of an attack that occurred nearly 20 years ago in Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest, on the AT) earlier this year. The Appalachian Trail is notorious for these sort of crimes, e.g. the Virginia Skyline Drive murders.
Hope all the assailants are brought to justice.