Richard Keith Call, Missing, April 10, 1988 VA.
Richard Keith Call Above: Call, circa 1988 Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: April 10, 1988 from Newport News, Virginia Classification: Endangered Missing Date Of Birth: March 8, 1968 Age: 20 years old Height and Weight: 6'0, 150 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Light brown hair, blue eyes. Call goes by his middle name, Keith. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A gray and brown cardigan sweater, a white polo shirt, two-tone brown dress slacks and leather shoes. Details of Disappearance Call went on a date with Cassandra Hailey on April 9, 1988. He picked her up at her Grafton, Virginia home and they planned to spend the day together. The couple traveled in Call's red 1982 Toyota Celica. It was their first date. They were last seen at a party in Newport News, Virginia at 1:30 a.m. on April 10. Neither of them has been seen again. Call's vehicle was discovered abandoned at the York River Overlook on Colonial Parkway in Yorktown, Virginia at 7:00 a.m. on April 10, but it was not reported to authorities until 9:00 a.m. Nothing appeared to have been disturbed: the keys were on the driver's seat, a watch and eyeglasses were on the dashboard, and Call's wallet and $12 in cash were in the backseat. Nearly all of the clothing Call was wearing was also found in the back of the car, as were some of Hailey's clothes. Her purse was there, but her wallet was missing. There was no trace of Hailey or Call at the overlook. Authorities initially believed they had gone swimming and drowned, but an extensive search of the river turned up no sign of them, the water temperature was in the forties the night of their disappearances, and Hailey was afraid of the water. Foul play is now suspected in both their cases. The bodies of three other young couples, all of them college students, were found in areas located off the Colonial Parkway from 1986 through 1989. In all cases, their cars were found abandoned with most of their possessions intact inside, but only Hailey and Call's bodies have never been found. The Colonial Parkway extends for 23 miles and runs through the following Virginia cities: Yorktown, Williamsburg and Jamestown. Authorities have long suspected that a serial killer stalked and killed in that region in the mid to late 1980s. They believe the perpetrator may have impersonated a law enforcement officer in order to approach his victims. Both Call and Hailey were students at Christopher Newport College in 1988. Their cases remain unsolved. Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Virginia State Police 757-424-6850 OR Federal Bureau Of Investigation Norfolk, Virginia Office 804-455-0100 http://www.charleyproject.org/

Richard Keith Call Classification: Endangered Missing Adult Alias / Nickname: Keith Date of Birth: 1968-03-08 Date Missing: 1988-04-09 From City/State: Yorktown, VA Missing From (Country): USA Age at Time of Disappearance: 20 Gender: Male Race: White Height: 72 inches Weight: 150 pounds Hair Color: Lt. Brown Eye Color: Blue Complexion: Medium Clothing: Brown and gray cardigan sweater, white polo shirt, two tone brown dress slacks, leather shoes. Circumstances of Disappearance: Unknown. Richard was on his first date with Cassandra Hailey (also missing). They were last seen between 1:00am and 2:00am at the University Square Apartments across from Christopher Newport College in Yorktown, VA. His vehicle, described as a red 1982 Toyota Celica, was later located on the Colonial Pkwy in Yorktown, VA. Investigative Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation Phone: (757) 727-7933 Investigative Case #: NF 70A-7670 http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200604682S

Hundreds support benefit for missing CNC students Daily Press From the Newport News, Va., Daily Press May 3, 1989 Two hundred people and approximately 38 companies came together April 22 at Victory Lanes in Grafton to let Dick Call and Jo Ann Hailey and their families know that someone still cares and wants to help them in their search for their lost children. Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey, students at Christopher Newport College, disappeared on the Colonial Parkway in April 1988. So far, no information about their whereabouts has surfaced. The bowling participants ranged in size from the dimunitive Olympic gymnast, Hope Spivey, to a 7-foot-tall Spuds MacKenzie. The companies were as large as Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and as small as A Logo For You, a small custom embroidery shop in Williamsburg. Wayne Morris, an Anheuser-Busch employee organized the Celebrity Benefit Bowling Tournament with help from the following volunteers: Joy Kesler, Tom Carpini, Donna Sigmon, Gerry Provencher, Monty Guin, Joy Steele, Carrie Romeo, Helene Coppa, Kathy Downer, John Watkins, Sharon Guin, Shirley Cawthon, Bobby Holloman, Carl Adamo and Annabelle Provencher. The tournament featured 40 teams, three of which were local celebrities. The celebrities included: Norm Snead, former NFL quarterback; Hope Spivey, Roger Cawthon, former Channel 13 sports reporter, who also served as master of ceremonies for the event; Skeeter Heath, professional golfer; Mitch Snow, professional wrestler; Terry Osborne, Miss Virginia 1977; Molly Goodrich Thomas, Miss Hampton/Newport News 1982; Terry Kirby, Tabb High School's top running back; Kathy Cawthon, author; Rich Follett, singer and Harry Knight, former member of the Canadian Football League. Approximately $2,600 was raised for the Call and Hailey families. http://www.courant.com/topic/dp-pway-3-benefit_050389,0,6189023.story

Scenic road still associated with murders From the Newport News, Va., Daily Press August 4, 1996 An emergency call box hangs on a pole near the Felgates Creek bridge. The box was installed after a disappearance in 1988 and a double murder in 1986 near the site. Longtime Yorktown resident Jan Twyman, who often works in Williamsburg, will travel out of her way to avoid the Colonial Parkway after dark, and she has given her three children strict orders not to drive there at night. Stephanie Reiss and Joanna Reading, archaeological graduate students at the College of William and Mary who have lived here only a year, have heard the stories that still circulate and are wary when they travel to their dig in Yorktown. They and hundreds of others who can't help but think of stories of murder when they drive the scenic, pastoral parkway all share the same kind of trepidation: If the unthinkable happened to the others, could it happen to them? A decade has passed since two women were found dead with their throats slashed on the Colonial Parkway, and eight years since the car of a still-missing young couple was discovered on the popular tourist drive that connects Yorktown and Williamsburg. The 1986 deaths of Rebecca Dowski and Cathleen Thomas and the 1988 disappearance of Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey remain unsolved. It's been years - and yet the specter of a killer stalks still on the Parkway. Most men and women live through each day using basic assumptions on what to expect from the people around them, says Larry Ventis, a William and Mary clinical psychology professor who also has a part-time private practice. Those assumptions vary but usually include that most people are decent, he said. At the same time, the one thing that unites all people is the daily, if mostly unconscious, denial that death can occur any day, any time, to anyone, he said. A grisly murder, especially an unsolved one, both shatters people's basic assumptions about each other and violently brings to surface the knowledge that death will happen and could happen unexpectedly, Ventis said. "That can be terribly disorienting,'' Ventis said. The place where the grisly, unexpected death was discovered becomes a "reminder of not the area, but of our own vulnerability,'' Ventis said. Dale Congrove, another Yorktown resident, knows the disorientation well. He and his family were camping in Shenandoah National Park in June, the same month the bodies of two women campers were found dead there, also with their throats slashed. "After hearing about it, it made you wonder if it could happen to you,'' Congrove said. Noting a number of similarities in the case, FBI officials last month said they are exploring whether the Shenandoah and Dowski-Thomas murders might be connected. FBI, state and local law enforcement officials already believe a serial killer or killers are responsible for the disappearance of Call and Hailey, the murder of Dowski and Thomas, and the deaths of at least two other couples between 1986 and 1989. In 1987 the bodies of David Knobling and Robin Edwards were found at Ragged Island Wildlife Refuge. In 1989, the bodies of Daniel Lauer and his brother's girlfriend, Annamaria Phelps, was found near the New Kent County westbound rest stop on Interstate 64. Because of their proximity and similarity, the four cases have been dubbed the Parkway murders. But there is no evidence that any of the victims were initially accosted on the Parkway. The cases all have baffled investigators. Particularly concerning is an apparent lack of any struggle in each incident, as if the dead and missing each met their fate without a fight. Some have speculated that perhaps the killer or killers posed as law enforcement officers. That has led Twyman to instruct her children also not to stop on the Parkway even if pulled over by a law officer unless other people are around. Both Reading and Reiss expressed similar concerns. Twyman understands her caution may be more reactionary than rational. The idea that an officer may be involved in the killings is likely ``without any founding,'' Twyman acknowledges with a shrug. "But the stories are there.'' http://www.newsday.com/topic/dp-pway-22_scenic_080496,0,6609755.story

No link found to Parkway killings Shenandoah suspect discounted by FBI Daily Press April 12, 2002 The FBI has ruled out Darrell David Rice as a suspect in the unsolved and infamous Parkway Murders. Rice, 34, was indicted this week on murder charges in the deaths of two woman in the Shenandoah National Park in 1996. Those killings resembled the Parkway killings closely enough that the FBI vowed in 1996 to explore any connection. But even if Rice is guilty of the Shenandoah killings, investigators do not believe he is responsible for the so-called Parkway Murders -- a series of four incidents in the late 1980s that left six people dead and two missing. "At this point the investigation does not indicate that Darrell Rice was involved in the Parkway Murders, but the FBI will continue to examine all possibilities," said Phil Mann, a spokesman for the Norfolk FBI office. Mann would not discuss whether agents have questioned Rice in connection with the Parkway killings or how Rice had been ruled out as a suspect. He noted that all four Parkway killings are still open and divulging the information could jeopardize the cases. In the first Parkway killing, Rebecca A. Dowski and Cathleen M. Thomas were found strangled with their throats cut in October 1986. Three other similar incidents followed, leading investigators to believe they were all the work of a serial killer. They included: * The September 1987 killings of David Knobling and Robin Edwards. Both were found shot in the head at Ragged Island Wildlife Refuge in Isle of Wight County. * The April 1988 disappearance of Cassandra Hailey and Keith Call. Their car was found at a parkway stop west of Yorktown. They are still considered missing persons. * The deaths of Daniel Lauer and Annamaria Phelps. They were found dead in September 1989, a few weeks after their car was discovered at a New Kent County rest stop. Their decomposed remains offered few clues to their deaths, except that Phelps apparently died from knife wounds. The state police have jurisdiction on the Ragged Island and New Kent County cases, and the FBI is handling the other two. A state police spokesman said Thursday that investigators there would allow the FBI to make a determination about Rice because he is in a federal prison. Retired FBI Agent Irvin Wells, the FBI's lead investigator in the early years after the killings, said he has always been optimistic that the FBI would solve the cases. "I was disappointed we didn't solve them, but I know it was not for lack of effort," Wells said. "We put an incredible number of man hours into those cases because we saw the killings as a threat to the community. "We thought either the killer had died or went to prison." http://www.dailypress.com/topic/dp-pway-26_nolink_041202,0,6684488.story