The Rainbow Murders

On June 25th 1980 two young women were found brutally shot to death in a remote area of southern West Virginia. 19 year old Nancy Santamero and 26 year old Vicki Durian had been hitchhiking from Welloman Iowa to Pocahontas county West Virginia to attend their first Rainbow gathering; a counter culture peace celebration. The murders shocked this small community, which up until this time period had the lowest crime rate in the state and that was only the beginning..