LIGNUM – Twenty-eight years March 2 since the disappearance of Alicia Showalter Reyolds in Culpeper County, State Police are asking people for any leads in her disappearance and murder. Her body was found near the community of Lignum two months after her reported disappearance. The State Police release follows:

“Virginia State Police Investigators continue to actively pursue the disappearance and homicide of Alicia Showalter Reynolds, nearly three decades after she was last seen alive.  Ms. Reynolds, 25 years old and a graduate student, was driving along Route 29 from Baltimore, Md., to Charlottesville, Va., on March 2, 1996, when she disappeared.   Her vehicle, a Mercury Tracer, was found abandoned later that day in Culpeper County.   Her remains were discovered two months later in a field in Lignum, Va., also in Culpeper County.  The field had recently been cleared of trees.
According to witnesses who observed Ms. Reynolds’ white Mercury parked on the southbound shoulder of Route 29 on March 2, 1996, a white male, approximately 35-45 years old, was stopped with her vehicle.  The man had a medium build and light to medium brown hair.  He was 5’10” to 6’0” tall, and was driving a dark-colored pickup truck, possibly a green Nissan.
After Ms. Reynolds’ disappearance, several other females came forward to say that a white male had either stopped them, or attempted to stop them, while they were travelling along Route 29 in Culpeper County.
State Police have received more than 10,000 leads in the 28 years they have investigated this case.
State police remain hopeful that this case will come to a successful resolution and continue to encourage the public to come forward with any information related to the investigation. Anyone with information pertaining to the abduction and murder of Alicia Showalter Reynolds is asked to contact the Virginia State Police Culpeper Division toll-free at 1-800-572-2260, or the Bureau of Criminal Investigation toll-free at 1-888-300-0156 or by e-mail at bci-culpeper@vsp.virginia.gov.”