The Shenandoah Murders
Channel: Don’t Watch This Alone
Date: 2021-05-26

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There were a few men looked at as suspects of the crime. Richard Evonitz was considered a suspect, but he committed suicide in 2002 as the police were about to arrest him in three other murders. It is not known if any evidence connects him to the case. Another suspect, the prime suspect is-Maryland resident, Darrell David Rice. In July 1997, A Canadian tourist, Yvonne Malbasha was riding a bike along the Shenandoah’s Skyline Drive when a man driving a truck forced her off her bike and tried to get her in his vehicle. He screamed sexual profanities at her. She was able to fight him off and hid behind a tree. After he realized he couldn’t find her, the man drove away. Park rangers caught him as he was fleeing the park. They found hand and leg restraints in his truck. The attacker was non-other than Darrel David Rice- a young man in his late twenties. He had no previous criminal records. In 1998, Rice pleaded guilty to the attempted abduction of Yvonne Malbasha and was sentenced to 135 months in prison. He became a suspect in Julie and Lollie’s murders some time after his conviction. He seen on surveillance cameras entering the park on May 25, 25 and again on June 1. He denied being at the park on May 25 and 26, but admitted to being there on June 1. On April 10, 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the indictment of Darrell David Rice in the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans, based on circumstantial evidence, and stated that the case would have been handled as a hate crime. It is alleged by prosecutors that after his arrest, “Rice has stated on several occasions that he enjoys assaulting women because they are, in his words, “more vulnerable” than men. Prosecutors also allege that Rice said that the women deserved to die because they were gay. Rice was charged with four counts of capital murder, two of which he selected his victims because of their sexual orientation. By Rice being charged with a hate crime, his indictment invoked a federal sentencing enhancement. If convicted, he could receive the death penalty. In the end, authorities did not find forensic evidence against him. Furthermore, in 2003, a hair that did not match his or the victims was found at the crime scene. The charges against him were dismissed in 2004 “without prejudice”, which means that it was still possible to charge him with the murders at a later date. A forensic test failed to rule out Richard Evonitz, the suspect who committed suicide as the source of two key head hairs found at the scene. As of today, the case is still pending, it is not a cold case. Authorities are still looking for evidence in the slayings. If you have any information concerning this case, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate Certain aspects of this video is alleged. I encourage everyone to conduct their own research of this case. Thanks for watching.