ANITA: 30 YEARS
, AND NOTHING BUT
FRUSTRATION FOR FAMILIES OF
EIGHT PEOPLE WHO FELL VICTIM TO
AN APPARENT SERIAL KILLER ALONG
THE COLUMBIA PARKWAY.
IT WILL BE 30 YEARS TOMORROW
THAT CASSANDRA HILLY AND KEEP
COLD VANISHED.
KEITH CAR WAS FOUND
-- CASSANDRA
AND KEITH COL
E VANISHED.
ANDY FOX HAS BEEN COVERING THE
STORY SINCE IT BROKE 30 YEARS
AGO.
ANDY: I'VE LEARNED IN 32 YEARS
TOTAL COVERING ALL OF THE
UNSOLVED MURDERS, THERE IS NO
CLOSURE FOR ANY OF THE FAMILIES,
BUT ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES OF
KEITH AND CASSANDRA HILLY.
-- CASSANDRA HALEY.
WE FIRST SAW KEITH
IN OCTOBER
1987.
HIS SISTER AND BROTHER
REMEMBERED THE SMILING KEYS IN A
LIVE SHOT, WAITING FOR
U2
CONCERT TICKETS TO GO ON SALE.
SAD, BECAUSE WE FIND THE FAMILY
ON THE COLONIAL PARKWAY, HUDDLE
TOGETHER, CRYING.
I JUST HAD A CALL FROM MY MOM
SAYING JOY, THEY FOUND KEEPS CAR
ON THE PARKWAY AND KEITH
WAS IN
IT.
NIGHT BEFORE, ON A FIRST
DATE, THEY WENT TO A PARTY HERE
AT UNIVERSITY SQUARE APARTMENTS.
I THINK OUR DAYS IN OUR TIMES
OF OUR LIVES ARE NOW MARKED LIKE
BEFORE AND AFTER KEITH DIED.
CASSANDRA WAS NEVER FOUND AND
KEITH'S PARENTS WOULD LATER
DIED, BROKEN HEARTED.
THE HUMANITY, THE LOSS.
REGRETS
DIE HARD FOUR FORMER
FBI MEN WHO BECAME SPECIAL AGENT
IN CHARGE OF THE NORFOLK OFFICE
IN SEPTEMBER, 1987.
SEVEN MONTHS LATER, HE WOULD
LEARN THE NAMES OF KEI
TH AND
CASSANDRA.
WE MOBILIZED THE ENTIRE
OFFICE AND ESSENTIALLY EVERY
RESOURCE AND OFFICER WAS USED IN
THE INVESTIGATION.
I THINK THEY WERE TAKEN FROM A
CAR, MARCHED SOME DISTANCE AWAY,
EXECUTED AND PUT IN THE WATER.
OVER THE YEARS, THE FAMILIES
DISAGREED WITH FBI SCENARIO.
SOMEBODY ELSE MOST
LIKELY
BROUGHT THE CAR HERE.
THE FAMILIES THINK THEY WERE
INTERCEPTED AFTER THE PARTY
AND
HIS CAR WAS DUMPED ON THE
COLONIAL PARKWAY.
LOST TIME.
FOR 30 YEARS, WE HAVE
INTERVIEWED THE HALEY FAMILY,
THE CANDLE IN THE WINDOW,
WAITING FOR CASSANDRA TO COME
HOME.
BUT FOR THIS ANNIVERSARY, THEY
WOULD ONLY GIVE US -- GIVE US
THIS, A LETTER OF FRUSTRATION
THAT READS, LACK OF ANSWERS IN
THE CASE IS MAGNIFIED BY OUR
FEELINGS OF ABANDONMENT BY THE
FBI, VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, AND
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
THEY
AGREE, THEY KNOW THE
FRUSTRATION.
I WOULD SAY LET'S GET THIS
DONE.
IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS.
HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE
US SUFFER?
THE LETTER CONTINUES, FAILURE
TO PRIORITIZE THIS CASE AND THE
LINGERING JURISDICTIONAL
BICKERING HAS LED TO A STALEMATE
WHERE EXISTING EVIDENCE HAS NOT
BEEN SHARED.
X I CAN AGREE WITH THE
BICKERING.
THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
IT
CONTINUES, NO PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE FOR MANY YEARS.
HAVE THEY MADE ANY PROGRESS?
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY.
THE FBI REFUSED TO DO ANY ON
CAMERA INTERVIEW RESPONDING TO
THE LETTER EXCEPT TO SAY, WE
ARE
FULLY ENGAGED IN THE
INVESTIGATION AND ACTIVELY
COORDINATING WITH THE STATE
POLICE TO BRING CLOSURE TO ALL
THE COLUMBIA PARKWAY CASES.
FIRST OF ALL, I TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND IT.
WE GAVE THE LETTER TO WELLS,
WHO RETIRED IN 1990.
WE
HAVE A GREAT DESIRE TO
SOLVE THIS CASE WITH SO MUCH
LOVE.
ARE YOU RESIGNED TO THE FACT
THAT WE WILL NEVER KNOW?
NO, I'M STILL NOT.
I ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
HOPE.
I MEAN, I HAVE TO.
FOR COUPLES, EIGHT MURDERS,
TO NOT FOUND.
WHAT HAPPENED ALONG THE COLONIAL
PARKWAY?
EVEN THE
BEST INVESTIGATORS
CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT, THE
FAMILIES LEFT TO BELIEVE THE BAD
GUYS GOT AWAY.