[at-l] Indictment in 1996 SNP murders!

[kahley@ptd.net (kahley)]

I just called the DOJ's office to try and pry more info.
No luck.  The phone voice said the indictment was not sealed
so it would be posted on the website but I'm not holding my breathe
on that one.

Please folks, if ya here anything, post it?
I have questions....like how in the hell they got him after
all this time.  It had to be loose lips.  I can't imagine
any other scenario



At 10:55 AM 4/10/02 -0400, Kathy Bilton wrote:
>Hi -
>
>Just got this press release!!!!
>
>UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
>WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
>
>John L. Brownlee        Thomas B. Mason Building
>United States Attorney  105 Franklin Rd., S.W.
>         Roanoke, Virginia  24011
>Patricia A. Grisetti    (540) 857-2250
>Media Contact   FAX (540) 857-2180
>
>         April 10, 2002
>
>United States Attorney John L. Brownlee, Senior Resident Agent Clark D.
>Guy of the National Park Service, and Special Agent in Charge Donald W.
>Thompson, Jr. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation  announced today that
>a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Charlottesville, Virginia indicted Darrell
>David RICE, age 34, of Columbia, Maryland.
>
>RICE was charged with Capital Murder in a four count indictment in the
>killings of Julianne Marie Williams and Laura "Lollie" S. Winans.  These
>charges arose from a May 1996 investigation into the disappearance of
>these two hikers in the Shenandoah National Park.  The victims were
>discovered with their throats cut.  Since then, the Federal Bureau of
>Investigation and the National Park Service have joined forces to follow
>up on an estimated 15,000 leads and contacts during the investigation.
>
>RICE has been charged with Capital Murder in the case of each victim.
>RICE has also been charged with Capital Murder and intentionally selecting
>and murdering the victims because of their actual or perceived gender or
>sexual orientation.  These "hate crime" murder counts are based on a
>sentencing enhancement in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.  This case is
>believed to be the first federal murder prosecution brought under these
>provisions.
>
>If convicted on any counts in the Indictment, the defendant could be
>subject to the death penalty.
>
>The investigation of the case was conducted by Special Agent Jane L.
>Collins for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Special Agent Timothy
>W. Alley for the National Park Service.  Criminal Chief Thomas J.
>Bondurant, Jr. and Assistant United States Attorney  Anthony P. Giorno
>will prosecute the case.
>
>A Grand Jury indictment is only a charge and not evidence of guilt and the
>defendant is entitled to a fair trial with the burden on the government to
>prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
>
>
>
>--Kathy
>
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