It has been 30 years since a woman driving to Charlottesville, Alicia Showalter Reynolds, was abducted and murdered in Culpeper County. Law enforcement continues to follow up on leads in the homicide.
Virginia State Police investigators believe they could be “just one tip or one call away” from bringing resolution to the case.
Reynolds, 26, was traveling along U.S. 29 from Baltimore to Charlottesville on March 2, 1996, to meet her mother to go shopping. When she didn’t arrive on time, her mom knew something was wrong.
According to witnesses who observed Reynolds’ vehicle parked on the southbound shoulder of Route 29, she was seen with a man in a dark-colored pickup truck, possibly a green Nissan. The witnesses provided a description of the suspect: a White male, 35 to 45 years old, between 5’10” to six feet tall with a medium build and light to medium brown hair.
As news spread about Reynolds’ abduction, several other women came forward advising that a white male had either stopped them or attempted to stop them while they were traveling along Route 29 in Culpeper County.
Reynolds’ remains were discovered more than two months later on May 7, in a field in the Lignum area, north of the abduction site.
“We continue to pursue this case as if it occurred yesterday,” said Heather Marshall, a senior special agent with the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Culpeper field office.
Virginia State Police have received more than 10,000 tips in the case in the decades that have followed the homicide.
Anyone who has additional information or tips is asked to contact Virginia State Police at (804) 750-8778 or [email protected].
Video: Senior Special Agent Heather Marshall
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