In 1996, This Graduate Student Was Traveling To Visit Her Mom But Never Showed: Then, Her Car Was Discovered Abandoned, Her Remains Were Found In A Field, And Her Family Believes A Known Serial Killer Was The Perpetrator

Investigators later confirmed that the remains belonged to Alicia. And even though her exact cause of death was never released, officials released that she had been murdered. The crime also likely occurred on March 2– the day Alicia never showed up at the mall.

It has now been over twenty-six years since Alicia’s murder, and her family has spoken out about their grief, hopes for justice, and suspicions about the killer. More specifically, the Showalters believe that Richard Marc Evanitz– a known serial killer– was behind Alicia’s murder.

On September 9, 1996, Richard kidnapped Sofia Silva, a sixteen-year-old girl, from her Virginia home’s front steps. Weeks later, she was found murdered and left in a pond.

Richard was also tied to the kidnapping of sisters Kristin and Kati Lisk on May 1, 1997. He had taken the girls– who were fifteen and twelve years old at the time– from their Virginia home before murdering and throwing them in the river. In turn, Richard’s known proximity to where Alicia had been traveling and timeline have pushed the Showalters to believe he is a prime suspect.

“You usually don’t have two serial killers around the same area around the same time,” Sadie said.

However, Richard ultimately shot and killed himself on June 27, 2022, after being surrounded by police in Sarasota, Florida. Moreover, his possible responsibility for Alicia’s murder has never been confirmed. Tthe Showalter family has continued searching for answers in hopes of finally getting justice and closure.

“My message would be, ‘Why hide? You have hidden long enough,'” Alicia’s father, Harley Showalter, said in a 2017 interview with WUSA9. If you have any information at all about Alicia’s disappearance or murder, investigators urge you to call the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at (888) 300-0156.

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