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The first known murder on the Appalachian Trail took place in 1974. To date, there have been 13 total murders recorded. The victims and their stories are in order as follows. 2019: Ronald Sanchez Jr. Murderer: James Louis Jordan. Location: Wythe County, VA. Motive: Ongoing investigation.
Apr 26, 2021 · Appalachian Trail Killer Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity - The New York Times. A judge found James L. Jordan not guilty by reason of insanity in the fatal stabbing of Ronald S. Sanchez...
The novel Murder on the Appalachian Trail (1985), by Jess Carr, is a fictionalized account of the 1981 murders. [12] The 1981 murders and 2008 attacks were depicted in the Investigation Discovery series Dead Silent: The Curse of Dismal Creek, season 1, episode 1, broadcast on October 25, 2016. [13] .
May 24, 2019 · According to Brian King, publisher for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, there have been 10 murders in eight incidents on the trail since the first murder was recorded in 1974. The Appalachian Trail community was shocked when one hiker was killed and another critically wounded in a recent pre-dawn attack on the trail.
Sep 13, 2021 · The original Thelma Marks shelter on the Appalachian Trail where Molly LaRue and Geoff Hood were murdered on Sept. 13, 1990. (The Patriot-News) But Hood, 26, and LaRue, 25, were brutally...
Sep 2, 2015 · Earl Swift. Originally Published Sep 2, 2015 Updated May 2, 2022. The Horror Vault. Murder on the Appalachian Trail. In 1990, a grisly double homicide on America’s most famous hiking route...
Sep 12, 2019 · Double murder on the Appalachian Trail: Remembering the horrific crime 29 years later. Geoffrey Hood and Molly LaRue were murdered by Paul David Crews on the Appalachian Trail near...
