VA Laurie Ann Powell, 18, Gloucester County, March-Apr, 1988

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Laurie Ann Powell was on a date with her boyfriend the night of March 9, 1988. They had argued that night and Laurie asked her boyfriend to drop her off at the Gloucester County "Little Sue" store. From there she began walking home on Route 614, but was never seen alive again. A month later, in April, Laurie Powell's body was found near Craney Island, stabbed 5 times in the back.

Powell, who was 18 at the time, was found dead with multiple stab wounds almost a month after she was last seen alive around midnight on March 9 in Gloucester County. She had left her boyfriend’s car after an argument, and was last seen walking on Route 614 in Gloucester County toward Route 17.

Her boyfriend was investigated (and failed a lie detector test) but never charged. He later died in 2016.

1988 killing of Gloucester woman still under investigation, State Police say

The killing of a Gloucester woman that’s potentially connected to the “Colonial Parkway Murders” is still under investigation 36 years later.

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Investigation: Could these two cold cases be part of the Colonial Parkway murders?

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — Were there more Colonial Parkway murders? Since October 1986, 10 On Your Side has covered what are now known as the “Colonial Par…

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Some have speculated that Laurie Ann Powell may be another victim of the Colonial Parkway killer. One week after her body was found, Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey went missing from Keith's car on the Colonial Parkway.

Looking at a map, the locations seem to align with the Colonial Parkway murder locations, Wilmer's home and the areas where he trolled in his boat, leaving bodies.

Craney Island to State Route 614

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