Rebecca Ann Becky Dowski

Murdered

The Colonial Parkway murders were the murders of at least eight people along the Colonial Parkway in South-East Virginia between 1986 and 1989. Who killed Rebecca Dowski and Cathleen Thomas near the York River in 1986?
On October 12, 1986, 21-year-old Rebecca Ann "Becky" Dowski, a senior at the College of William and Mary, was found murdered along with her girlfriend, Cathleen Thomas, on the Colonial Parkway in York County, Virginia. The two women were discovered in Thomas's vehicle at the Cheatham Annex Overlook, a secluded area. Both victims had been strangled, and their throats were slashed. Their bodies were found inside the car, which had been pushed down an embankment toward the York River. It appeared t ...Read More

Rebecca Ann “Becky” Dowski (1965-1986) - Find a Grave Memorial

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