How the Golden Years Murders might have been a cover up
And how a homeless man with schizophrenia could have been to blame.
17 women were killed between 1990–1996 in West End, Richmond Virginia. This series of unsolved murders was called the Golden Years Murders and it was believed to be the fault of one serial killer.
Although years have passes and some killers have been caught, the serial killer believed to be responsible for the remaining 13 unsolved deaths was never caught.
But in the year 2013, a former police detective who worked on these cases shared that there was a major cover up that could have prevented family of the victims from discovering what happened to their loved ones.
A brief overview of the Golden Years Murders.
The first five victims were black women who lived alone. They were elderly, between the ages of 55–89, and were stabbed to death. The next seven victims were white and also lived alone in the same age range. These women were strangled to death with bathroom towels.
Some of the women were found dead in bathtubs with cleaning products poured over their bodies for an unknown reason. Many of the women were also badly beaten before their lives were taken.
