All That Remains

All That Remains is a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is the third book of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series. A killer is stalking young couples, and the remains of 8 youngsters have been found dead over a couple of years. The book is closely based on the Colonial Parkway Killer, a suspected serial killer who is thought to have murdered 8 people in Virginia in the 1980s. In real life the cases are still unsolved though, as described in the true crime documentary Lovers’ Lane Murders from 2021. However, in January 2024, DNA of Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr. was confirmed to match DNA found at one of the Colonial Parkway crime scenes and it was determined that he was responsible for the deaths of at least 2 of the victims. The case is ongoing to confirm Wilmer, Sr. as the official Colonial Parkway Killer. As Cornwell's novel made many believe that the Colonial Parkway murders had been solved, father-daughter true crime authors Blaine Pardoe and Victoria Hester issued their book A special kind of evil in 2017, providing new information from the investigations.