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In today's (Saturday, July 20, 1996) Washington Post, is an article that
has additional information released by the FBI regarding the deaths
of Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans who were murdered in Shenandoah 
National Park around May 23-May 27.  This article appeared in the Metro
section, page C3.  Again, the toll free number to call if anyone has 
any information regarding these murders is:  888-856-2467.

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                   New Details Released in Hiker Slayings
                            by Tod Robberson

  The FBI is investigating the possibility that more than one assailant was 
involved in the killings of two young women on a hiking trip in Shenandoah
National Park, according to the agency's regional chief in Richmond.
  In the FBI's first disclosure of new details in six weeks, Stanley Klein, 
special agent in charge of the FBI's Richmond office, also said that the 
women's wrists were bound.  One body was inside their tent and the other
was outside when National Park Service rangers discovered them June 1, he said.
  Their throats had been slashed.  Klein would not specify whether a knife or
some other sharp object was used as the weapon in the killings.  
  Klein acknowledged that it might have been difficult for one assailant to 
tie up both victims and said he could not "discount the fact that there might
be more than one" assailant involved.
  "We've had hundreds and hundreds of leads to follow," he said.  "This has 
been one of the most exhaustive investigations I've seen, and I've been with
[the FBI] for 28 years."
  In an interview yesterday, he said the bureau also is investigating 
whether the fact that the hikers were lesbians was connected to their deaths.
  The bodies of Julianne Williams, 24 of St. Cloud, Minn., and Lollie Winans, 
26, of Unity, Maine, were discovered at a secluded, creek-side campsite
barely half a mile from the popular Skyland Lodge resort on Skyline Drive.
  Shortly after the investigation began, the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force asked that the FBI investigate the killings as a possible anti-lesbian
hate crime, but a bureau spokesman at the time said investigators were not
looking into such a motive.
  "Whatever their lifestyles were...we folow it," Klein said.  "Absolutely,
we are looking into every aspect, whether it involves their lifestyles,
hiking habits, family, friends or whatever."
  Klein said the agency is providing new details in hopes of generating
information from any witnesses.  Investigators also have cooperated in the
filming of a segment for the television show "America's Most Wanted,"  which
will air at 9 tonight on Fox stations.
  Although the women were last seen in the park on May 23, an autopsy report
suggested that the killings occurred on or after May 27.
  Klein said that investigators do not believe robbery was a motive and that
there is no evidence to suggest that any of the women's belongings were 
stolen during the attack.  Their dog was found near the site, running free.