[at-l] list of AT murder victims, location, and murderers

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

Thanks for that information; my condolences and prayers to all involved
in these terrible events . . . on the theory that the glass in halfway
to full, and not to empty, I would close by noting how awesomely LOW
these numbers are relative to: (a) the number of years spanned; (b) the
number of people who live within 10 miles of the AT over its entire
length; and (c) the total number of people who have hiked, tramped,
ATV'd [aarrgghh!], run, dropped by, hung out at road crossings, etc.  To
trot out the old trite but true phrase, you are in a lot more danger in
the car headed for the trailhead, or hitching a ride, than while walking
or even while camping at a shelter . . . I wish we had this low of a
murder rate here in my small, relatively crime free small town!

I also would note that the odds would seem to decline even further if
one elects to camp away from the shelters . . .

thru-thinker

Desert Nomad wrote:
> 
> 1996 just off AT in Shenandoahs: "Lollie" Winans and Julianne
> Williams(Darrell Rice indicted)
> 
> 1990 at Thelma Marks Shelter: Geoffrey Hood and Molly LaRue(Paul David
> Crews convicted)
> 
> 1988 just off AT in PA: Rebecca Wight( Claudia Brenner is shot 5 times
> but survives and Stephen Roy Carr is convicted)
> 
> 1981 at Wapiti 1 Shelter: Susan Ramsay and Bob Mountford(Randall Lee
> Smith convicted and released in 96)
> 
> 1975 at Vandeventer Shelter: woman thru-hiker murdered by male
> thru-hiker(convicted)with an axe because he wanted her Kelty pack. Read
> about it in a very old Trailway News while staying at The Place in
> Damascus. Still searching for the names.
> 
> ?1970: murder of 1 person on AT in Georgia. If I remember, the murder
> was solved.
> 
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