Virginia 1973 Cold Case FINALLY Solved - Her Killer Hid in Plain Sight for 52 Years

In December 1973, a 33-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in a state forest in rural Virginia, 40 miles from her home in Washington D.C. She had left her husband weeks earlier after he threatened her and moved in with her mother. Detectives had his name by the end of the first week. They had his motive, his history of violence against previous partners, and his lie about never having heard of the forest. What they did not have was a way to prove it in 1973. He died in 2013 without ever being charged. It took 52 years, a federally funded cold case initiative, and a behavioral pattern analysis that nobody had ever assembled in one place to officially put his name on the case. Check old cases that has been solved recently: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlppVTLMNIYmKRZhc54n2paCYwgIj3Vh6&si=tWx7Un460SLsiTaC Make sure you subscribe to get your regular crime fix: https://www.youtube.com/@911CrimeWatch?sub_confirmation=1 #truecrime #coldcase #crime #crimewatch #shirleywashington