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Sep 12, 2019 · Their journey to through-hike the trail ended there when drifter Paul David Crews killed them early in the morning on Sept. 13, 1990. While the murders of the young couple happened 29 years...
The murder of Rebecca Wight (October 17, 1959 – May 13, 1988) occurred on May 13, 1988, in Pennsylvania's Michaux State Forest, when Stephen Roy Carr fired on Wight and her partner, Claudia Brenner. Background.
Though horrific, incidents of murder on the Appalachian Trail are extremely rare. The trail sees an annual average of about 4 million visitors which makes the murder rate on the trail substantially lower than that of regular society. Hiking with a partner is always recommended for safety purposes.
