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

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

I don't know, but you mentioning Low Gap brings back a vivid memory from
last spring; we had about 10 crammed into the Low Gap shelter the night
of March 19th; about 3-4 folks had tents set up; this was the night of
the first big winter storm of the Trail season . . . sometime that night
we heard a tremendous CRASH - a large tree had fallen and just about
took out our tent camping mates!  Now that was a real welcome to the
woods signature card from Mother Nature! :)  The next day brought us the
first episode of "Dances With [downed] Trees!"

thru-thinker

lbooher wrote:
> 
> Wasn't the 1970 GA murder at the shelter at Low Gap?  anklebear
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Clark Wright <icw39@ncfreedom.net>
> To: Desert Nomad <lucy@uia.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] list of AT murder victims, location, and murderers
> 
> > 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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