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NewsChannel 3 has learned FBI agents will convene a panel of law-enforcement officers to delve into the Colonial Parkway killings.
Just two weeks after Paula Meehan asked the FBI to take action, the families are getting results.
"I would like miracles. Yeah. I would really like to see some sort of task force put together," she said.
She believes that's what it will take to solve the murder of her sister Cassandra Hailey, and seven others taken by the Colonial Parkway killer in the late 1980s. Sources tell NewsChannel 3 supervisors in the Norfolk FBI office are gathering local law enforcement for a planned December meeting on the Colonial Parkway cases. That could also include agents who once investigated the killings.
And our sources say the effort is expanding beyond even that.
FBI analysts are converting old paperwork to digital files so agents can search more efficiently. Experts in Quantico are scanning evidence that has the highest likelihood of retaining DNA. The state medical examiner is preparing a list of all forensic evidence sent to the FBI. Law-enforcement sources say this review of the cases so far has produced a surprising volume of evidence that could identify the killer.
Could the killer be this mentally-ill Vietnam Veteran we told you about last night, a suspected serial killer who lived in Virginia at the time? Or maybe this man, a York-County rapist with a violent temper who killed a woman with a knife to her throat? Or any of the other collection of odd suspects lurking in the FBI files?
Major Ron Montgomery of the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office says he's hopeful fresh eyes and new technology will finally pinpoint the person behind these crimes.
"I don't know how you can say we did everything we can do if the person or persons who did these crimes haven't been caught. And I don't imagine any of the other agencies would feel the same way. There is always something else," he said.
The sheriff's offices of at least three counties were involved in the early investigations, along with state police. Some have said they've already talked to the FBI about this proposed meeting, but others said they've yet to get that call. Our sources say the local FBI office is even considering asking retired agents to come back and help with this review.
Just two weeks after Paula Meehan asked the FBI to take action, the families are getting results.
"I would like miracles. Yeah. I would really like to see some sort of task force put together," she said.
She believes that's what it will take to solve the murder of her sister Cassandra Hailey, and seven others taken by the Colonial Parkway killer in the late 1980s. Sources tell NewsChannel 3 supervisors in the Norfolk FBI office are gathering local law enforcement for a planned December meeting on the Colonial Parkway cases. That could also include agents who once investigated the killings.
And our sources say the effort is expanding beyond even that.
FBI analysts are converting old paperwork to digital files so agents can search more efficiently. Experts in Quantico are scanning evidence that has the highest likelihood of retaining DNA. The state medical examiner is preparing a list of all forensic evidence sent to the FBI. Law-enforcement sources say this review of the cases so far has produced a surprising volume of evidence that could identify the killer.
Could the killer be this mentally-ill Vietnam Veteran we told you about last night, a suspected serial killer who lived in Virginia at the time? Or maybe this man, a York-County rapist with a violent temper who killed a woman with a knife to her throat? Or any of the other collection of odd suspects lurking in the FBI files?
Major Ron Montgomery of the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office says he's hopeful fresh eyes and new technology will finally pinpoint the person behind these crimes.
"I don't know how you can say we did everything we can do if the person or persons who did these crimes haven't been caught. And I don't imagine any of the other agencies would feel the same way. There is always something else," he said.
The sheriff's offices of at least three counties were involved in the early investigations, along with state police. Some have said they've already talked to the FBI about this proposed meeting, but others said they've yet to get that call. Our sources say the local FBI office is even considering asking retired agents to come back and help with this review.
